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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Anthriscus cerefolium (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Chervil
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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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 *
APIIN 4 Plant *
ASH 0 Leaf 166000.0 178950.0 1.06 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 13460.0 14509.0 -0.27 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 491000.0 529300.0 -0.66 *
COPPER 12 Leaf 4.4 -0.64 *
DEOXYPICROPODOPHYLLIN 0 Plant *
DEOXYPODOPHYLLOTOXIN 14 Plant *
EO 0 Plant 300.0 -0.72 *
EO 0 Seed 9000.0 -0.44 *
FAT 0 Leaf 39000.0 42040.0 -0.29 *
FAT 0 Seed 105000.0 156000.0 -0.58 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 113000.0 121815.0 -0.49 *
IRON 6 Leaf 320.0 345.0 -0.05 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 68900.0 -0.33 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 1300.0 1400.0 -1.05 *
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 21.0 -0.42 *
METHYL-CHAVICOL 6 Essential Oil *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 6500.0 -0.57 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Seed 53300.0 -2.09 *

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5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Analgesic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 (View) *
Antiacne 2 (View) *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiaggregant 1 (View) *
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic 1 (View) *
Antialopecic 3 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianaphylactic 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 2 (View) *
Antianemic 3 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 1 (View) *
Antianorectic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th