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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
MANNOSE-6-PHOSPHATE-REDUCTASE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MENTHONE 30 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MENTHONE 30 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY 1 Root 0.0 0.0 -0.42 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
METHIONINE 15 Pt 50.0 1120.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHYL-AMINE 1 Stem not available 6.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-AMINE 1 Pt not available 6.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-BUTYLBENZENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
METHYL-PHENYLKETONE 0 Seed 55.0 90.0 not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
METHYL-PHTHALIDES 2 Seed not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
MOLYBDENUM 2 Root not available 0.1 -0.46 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
MUCILAGE 3 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
MUFA 13 Pt 270.0 5035.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRCENE 22 Fruit Essent. Oil 2000.0 61000.0 0.92 Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 14000.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Root Essent. Oil not available 18000.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Seed 40.0 1830.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Seed Essent. Oil 2000.0 61000.0 -0.07 Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Stem Essent. Oil not available 18000.0 1.00 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.