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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
SERINE 1 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Pt 200.0 4105.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SESALIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SESELIN 3 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SFA 0 Pt 370.0 6900.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SHIKIMIC-ACID 14 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Fruit 1.0 4.5 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Root not available 2.0 -0.33 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
SODIUM 1 Fruit 445.0 2120.0 0.02 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 445.0 2120.0 2.65 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Pt 774.0 17135.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
SPINOSTEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 3100.0 5000.0 -0.46 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID 8 Pt 30.0 560.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed not available 300.0 -0.15 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
STIGMASTEROL 12 Pt not available 30.0 not available Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Pt not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID-DEHYDROGENASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
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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 *