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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
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant 17.0 129.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 171.0 1700.0 0.68 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Shoot 17.0 129.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Pt 58.0 2778.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 6720.0 32000.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Root 8300.0 100000.0 0.93 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
ASH 0 Seed 6720.0 106294.0 1.76 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Pt 6000.0 219000.0 1.04 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE 2 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.
ASPARAGINE(FREE) 0 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Pt 1130.0 23880.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BENTONITE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
BENZOIC-ACID-4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available 3.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID-4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available 56.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BENZOYL-BENZOATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BENZYL-AMINE 0 Stem not available 3.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-BENZOATE 17 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Leaf not available 1.2 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Plant not available 520.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
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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 *