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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
CELEROSIDE 0 Seed *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Leaf *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Root *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Seed Wealth of India.
CHOLINE 20 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CHOLINE-ASCORBATE 0 Leaf *
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit *
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.0 0.0 -0.55 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CHROMIUM 24 Seed Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CHRYSOERIOL-7-APIOSYL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed *
CHRYSOERIOL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
CINNAMALDEHYDE 60 Seed Essent. Oil 1500.0 *
CIS-1(7),8-DIEN-2-OL 0 Plant *
CIS-3-HEXEN-1-YL-PYRUVATE 0 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-3-HEXENOL 1 Essential Oil Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-3-HEXENOL-PYRUVATE 0 Plant *
CIS-3-HEXENYL-ACETATE 0 Plant *
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
CIS-CARVEOL 0 Essential Oil *
CIS-CARVEOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 1000.0 1.00 *
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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 *