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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Apium graveolens (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Celery
How this plant is used
Food
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Essential Oil *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Seed *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil 988000.0 1.41 *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Shoot *
(+)-SELINENE 0 Essential Oil *
(-)-MARMESIN 0 Seed 12.0 *
(E)-8(9)-P-MENTHEN-1,2-DIOL? 0 Seed Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
(E)-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE 0 Seed Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
(E)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Seed 7.0 10.0 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
(Z)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Seed 6.0 9.0 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
1(7),8(10)-P-MENTHADIEN-2-OL? 0 Seed Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
1,4-DIMETHYL-7-(1-METHYLETHENYL)-OCTAHYDRO-AZULENE 0 Seed Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
1-P-MENTHENE-9-AL 0 Seed Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
3,7,11-TRIMETHYL-1,2,6,10-DODECATRIENOL? 0 Seed Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
3-BUTYLHEXAHYDROPHTHALIDE 0 Root *
3-BUTYLPHTHALIDE 0 Seed 40.0 120.0 *
3-ISOBUTLIDENE-3-(A)-4-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE 0 Seed Essent. Oil 727.0 10000.0 *
3-ISOBUTLIDENE-3-(A)-4-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE 0 Shoot 0.7 *
3-ISOBUTYLIDENE-3-A,4-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE 0 Seed 133.0 1500.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
3-ISOBUTYLIDENE-PHTHALIDE 0 Plant 0.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 *
Abortifacient 1 *
Acaricide 13 *
Acarifuge 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 6 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidifier 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Addictive 2 Science News, 145: 294.
Additive 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Adrenergic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 20 *
Allelochemic 10 *