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

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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
MYRCENE	22	Et	not available	18000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	125.0	213.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Pt	10.0	190.0	not available	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTICIN	31	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN	31	Seed	230.0	360.0	-0.99	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENAL	5	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
MYRTENOL	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
N-6-BENZYL-ADENINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-6-BENZYL-ADENINE-RIBOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-6-ISOPENT-2-ENYL-ADENOSINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-BUTYLPHTHALIDE	1	Fruit Essent. Oil	50000.0	72000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-BUTYLPHTHALIDE	1	Root	not available	30.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-BUTYLPHTHALIDE	1	Seed	190.0	1800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-BUTYLPHTHALIDE	1	Seed Essent. Oil	25600.0	72000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXYLCYCLOHEXADIENE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
N-METHYL-ANILINE	0	Stem	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-ANILINE	0	Pt	not available	7.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-BETA-PHENETHYLAMINE	0	Stem	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-PHENETHYLAMINE	0	Stem	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-PHENETHYLAMINE	0	Pt	not available	0.5	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.