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Plant Anthriscus cerefolium (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Chervil
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1-ALLYL-2,4-DIMETHOXYBENZENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Leaf 166000.0 178950.0 1.06 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 13460.0 14509.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 491000.0 529300.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Leaf not available 4.4 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
DEOXYPICROPODOPHYLLIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEOXYPODOPHYLLOTOXIN 14 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant not available 300.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Seed not available 9000.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf 39000.0 42040.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 105000.0 156000.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 113000.0 121815.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Leaf 320.0 345.0 -0.05 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed not available 68900.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 1300.0 1400.0 -1.05 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Leaf not available 21.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-CHAVICOL 6 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed not available 6500.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 53300.0 -2.09 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Analgesic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiaggregant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianaphylactic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th