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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
CIS-CARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-CARVYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-DIHYDRO-ISOCARVONE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 15000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-DIHYDRO-ISOCARVONE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 15000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Seed not available 1.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
CIS-LIGUSTILIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-LIMONENE-OXIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-OCIMENE 3 Leaf 2000.0 2500.0 1.41 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-OCIMENE 3 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 145000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-OCIMENE 3 Root Essent. Oil not available 68000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-OCIMENE 3 Stem Essent. Oil not available 78000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-OCIMENE 3 Et not available 78000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-P-MENTHA-1(7),8-DIEN-2-YL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-P-MENTHA-2,8-DIEN-1-OL 0 Seed not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CITRIC-ACID 23 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Pt not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLAL 20 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CITRONELLAL 20 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL-ACETATE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLYL-ACETATE 2 Leaf not available not available 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
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchoprotectant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant 3 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Bruchiphobe 3 Duke, 1992 *
Bufocide 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 18 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist? 1 Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991.
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 58 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 16 Martindale's 28th
Candidistat 3 Duke, 1992 *
Capillarigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 2 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic? 2 Martindale's 29th
Cardiac 2 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardiodepressant 3 Duke, 1992 *