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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ISOVALERIANIC-ALDEHYDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALERIC-ACID 5 Seed not available 1.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ISOVALERIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALERIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 1 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf not available 0.0 -0.76 Duke, 1992 *
KETO-ALCOHOL 0 Seed 2140.0 3390.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
L-TRYPTOPHAN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed 200.0 213.0 -0.51 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEAD 0 Root 0.0 2.0 -0.19 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
LEUCINE 2 Pt 310.0 6530.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LIGUSTILIDE 7 Essential Oil 2000.0 5000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
LIGUSTILIDE 7 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGUSTILIDE 7 Root Essent. Oil not available 5000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
LIGUSTILIDE 7 Seed Essent. Oil not available 24100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGUSTILIDE 7 Stem Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Fruit Essent. Oil 350000.0 706000.0 0.57 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 621000.0 2.07 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Root Essent. Oil not available 117000.0 0.27 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Seed 530.0 24000.0 0.96 Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprostatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antipseudomonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipsittacotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antipsoriac 9 Martindale's 29th
Antipsychotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antipurpuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 7 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antiradicular 18 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antireproductive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinopathic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiReye's 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 9 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.