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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
FIBER 15 Seed 106750.0 138586.0 0.03 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FIBER 15 Pt 6900.0 158000.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Fruit not available 171000.0 0.40 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Fruit not available 320000.0 -0.97 Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOIDS 0 Leaf not available 420.0 -0.95 Duke, 1992 *
FOLIACIN 0 Pt 0.3 5.6 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FORMALDEHYDE 12 Plant 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.
FORMALDEHYDE 12 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Pt not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FURANOCOUMARINS 0 Leaf 1.4 2.3 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
FURANOCOUMARINS 0 Pt 0.9 2.9 not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE 1 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GAMMA-DECALACTONE 3 Seed not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
GAMMA-SELINENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-SELINENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diagnostic 1 Martindale's 28th
Diaphoretic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic? 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 3 Duke, 1992 *
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 20 Duke, 1992 *
DME-Inhibitor 4 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134.
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Dopaminigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Dye 2 Merck 11th Edition
Ectoparasiticide 1 Merck 11th Edition
Embryotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue 3 Duke, 1992 *
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant 2 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.