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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
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 20000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available 201000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Stem Essent. Oil not available 67000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Et not available 67000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-P-MENTHA-1(7),8-DIEN-2-OL 0 Seed not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-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.
TRIMETHYL-PSORALEN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Pt 90.0 1865.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Pt 90.0 1865.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UNDECAN-1-AL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UNDECANAL 2 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
URANIUM 1 Root not available 0.1 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
URONIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERIC-ACID 9 Flower not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
VALINE 3 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Pt 260.0 5600.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 12 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiovascular 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Carminative 4 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 3 Tramil
Cerebrotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrotoxic 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 24.
Chemopreventive 11 Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 7 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 15 Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cholinergic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Chronotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cicatrizant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Circulatory-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.