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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
HUMULENE 2 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE 2 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE-OXIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
HYPOXANTHINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPOXANTHINE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IMPERATORIN 25 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IMPERATORIN 25 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IMPERATORIN 25 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
INDOSTEROL 0 Stem not available 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
INDOSTEROL 0 Pt not available 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
INOSINE 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INOSINE 8 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INOSITOL 8 Leaf 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.
IRON 6 Fruit 25.0 120.0 -0.05 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Root 3.6 47.0 -0.37 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
IRON 6 Seed 25.0 571.0 1.95 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Pt 3.0 347.0 1.29 Duke, 1992 *
ISOAMYL-ALCOHOL 3 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ISOAMYL-ALCOHOL 3 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYLIDENE 0 Leaf not available 32.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antilipoperoxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilisteria 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphedemic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antilymphocytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 9 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimange 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimanic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic 8 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.