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Plant Apium graveolens (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Celery
How this plant is used
Food

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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
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Seed 7.0 10.0 -0.83 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
GAMMA-TERPINEOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 3000.0 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINEOL 0 Seed 57.0 125.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GAMMA-TERPINEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Leaf not available not available not available Griffiths, L. A. 1959. On the Distribution of Gentisic Acid in Green Plants. J. Exp. Biol. 10: 437.
GERANIOL-ACETATE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 400.0 -1.05 Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL-ACETATE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL-BUTYRATE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GERANYL-BUTYRATE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GLUCOSE 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSIDASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Pt 860.0 18285.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLUTAMIC-ACID(FREE) 0 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
GLUTAMINE 5 Root not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GLYCINE 12 Pt 210.0 4290.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCOLIC-ACID 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAVEOBIOSIDE-A 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihelicobacter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 2 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatocarcinogenic 1 Akao, M. and Kuroda, K. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Fumaric Acid on Hepatocarcinogenesis by Thioacetamide in Mice. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2012-2014, 1990.
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 13 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 15 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 15 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocysteine 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.