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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
GRAVEOBIOSIDE-B 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUAIACOL 18 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUAIACOL 18 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUAIACOL 18 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUAIACOL 18 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-1-AL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-1-OL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTANAL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HEPTANOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HERNIARIN 12 Leaf not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL-PYRUVATE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXANAL 5 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HEXANOL 3 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HISTIDINE 7 Pt 110.0 2425.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HUMULADIENONE 0 Seed not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
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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
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.