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

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Celery

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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
BUTYLIDENE-PHTHALIDE	10	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYLIDENE-PHTHALIDE	10	Stem Essent. Oil	not available	12000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYLIDENE-PHTHALIDE	10	Et	not available	12000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYLPHENYL-KETONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYLPHENYL-KETONE	0	Seed	38.0	60.0	not available	Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
C-PRENYL-COUMARINS	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
CADMIUM	3	Root	0.0	0.4	-0.50	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	1680.0	8000.0	0.96	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	340.0	3635.0	-0.41	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CALCIUM	28	Seed	170.0	20776.0	3.05	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Pt	313.0	11918.0	-1.41	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Seed	not available	50.0	-0.52	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CAMPESTEROL	2	Pt	not available	not available	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.)
CAMPHENE	9	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	1000.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
CAMPHENE	9	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPRIC-ACID	3	Leaf	200.0	213.0	-1.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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List of plant activities.
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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.