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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Apium graveolens (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Celery
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
5-ALPHA-ANDROST-16-EN-3-ONE 0 Plant 0.0 *
5-ALPHA-ANDROST-16-EN-3-ONE 0 Shoot 0.0 *
5-METHOXY-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-OXYPSORALEN 0 Seed 2.9 *
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 10 Fruit 0.0 7.0 -0.19 *
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 10 Leaf Wax 2.0 *
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 10 Seed 0.0 7.0 1.00 *
6,10,14-TRIMETHYL-2-PENTADECANONE 0 Seed Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
7-[3-(3,4-DIHYDROXY-4-HYDROXYMETHYL-TETRAHYDRO-FURAN-2-YLOXY)-4,5-DIHYDROXY-6-HYDROXYMETHYL-TETRAHYDRO-PYRAN-2-YLOXY]... 2 Seed *
8-HYDROXY-5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 0 Seed 375.0 *
8-HYDROXYFALCARINONE 0 Root 8.3 *
8-METHOXY-PSORALEN 21 Leaf 0.0 1.0 *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Shoot *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant *
ADENINE 11 Plant *
ADENOSINE 28 Plant *
ALANINE 3 Pt 220.0 4665.0 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALLOOCIMENE-I 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 1000.0 *
ALLOOCIMENE-II 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 1000.0 *
ALPHA-CEDRENE 3 Seed Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Aphidifuge 1 *
Aphrodisiac 1 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic 12 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 3 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide 6 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 3 *
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
Ataxigenic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Atherogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Autotoxic 1 *
Bacteriophagicide 1 de Vries, D. J. and Blumberg, P. M., Thermoregulatory effects of resiniferatoxin in the mouse: comparison with capsaicin, Life Sciences, 44, 1989, 711-715.
Bacteriostatic 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bacteristat 3 *
Barbituate-Synergist 1 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *
Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 3 *