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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
DODECAN-1-AL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DODECANAL 2 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
E-BUTYLIDENEPHTHALIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
E-LIGUSTILIDE 0 Plant not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEMOL 2 Seed not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
EO 0 Fruit 42000.0 200000.0 3.07 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Seed 4200.0 30000.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
EPOXYCARYOPHYLLENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 5500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUDESMOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 5000.0 10000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUDESMOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil 2900.0 10000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
EUGENOL 76 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FALCARINDIOL 13 Root not available 3.3 -1.03 Duke, 1992 *
FALCARINONE 3 Root not available 1.7 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
FARCARINOL 0 Root 200.0 1400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 13860.0 66000.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf 1300.0 42000.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 13860.0 279483.0 0.07 Duke, 1992 *
FENCHOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
FERULIC-ACID 61 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.
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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
Antitumor (Stomach) 4 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Thyroid) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 13 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitumor-Promoter? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 21 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiurease 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiuricosuric 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 26 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 9 Duke, 1992 *
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *