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

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Celery

How this plant is used

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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
VELLEIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VERBENOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
VIT-B-6	0	Leaf	0.0	6.0	-0.89	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VIT-U	0	Pt	41.0	96.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-A-PALMITATE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-K-1	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	not available	790000.0	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Root	not available	890000.0	0.79	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
WATER	0	Seed	60400.0	790000.0	2.16	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Pt	927000.0	947000.0	1.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
XANTHOTOXIN	43	Plant	6.0	183.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN	43	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN	43	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN	43	Shoot	not available	183.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN	43	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN	43	Pt	0.0	1.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOXOTIN	0	Leaf	0.4	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Z-BUTYLIDENEPHTHALIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Z-LIGUSTILIDE	2	Plant	1.0	5.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.

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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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	13	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	20	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	10	Duke, 1992 *