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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Apium graveolens (Apiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Celery
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 (+)-LIMONENE Seed Essent. Oil -- 988000.0 1.41 *
0 (+)-LIMONENE Essential Oil -- -- -- *
0 (+)-LIMONENE Seed -- -- -- *
0 (+)-LIMONENE Shoot -- -- -- *
0 (+)-SELINENE Essential Oil -- -- -- *
0 (-)-MARMESIN Seed -- 12.0 -- *
0 (E)-8(9)-P-MENTHEN-1,2-DIOL? Seed -- -- -- Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
0 (E)-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE Seed -- -- -- Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
0 (E)-BETA-OCIMENE Seed 7.0 10.0 -- Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
0 (Z)-BETA-OCIMENE Seed 6.0 9.0 -- Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
0 1(7),8(10)-P-MENTHADIEN-2-OL? Seed -- -- -- Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
0 1,4-DIMETHYL-7-(1-METHYLETHENYL)-OCTAHYDRO-AZULENE Seed -- -- -- Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
0 1-P-MENTHENE-9-AL Seed -- -- -- Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
0 3,7,11-TRIMETHYL-1,2,6,10-DODECATRIENOL? Seed -- -- -- Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
0 3-BUTYLHEXAHYDROPHTHALIDE Root -- -- -- *
0 3-BUTYLPHTHALIDE Seed 40.0 120.0 -- *
0 3-ISOBUTLIDENE-3-(A)-4-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE Shoot -- 0.7 -- *
0 3-ISOBUTLIDENE-3-(A)-4-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE Seed Essent. Oil 727.0 10000.0 -- *
0 3-ISOBUTYLIDENE-3-A,4-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE Seed 133.0 1500.0 -- Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
0 3-ISOBUTYLIDENE-PHTHALIDE Plant -- 0.0 -- *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.