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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
N-PENTYL-AMINE 0 Stem not available 0.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTYL-AMINE 0 Pt not available 0.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTYL-BENZENE 0 Seed 190.0 300.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
N-PENTYL-CYCLOHEXADIENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTYL-CYCLOHEXADIENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 17000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTYL-CYCLOHEXADIENE 0 Seed 55.0 510.0 not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
N-PENTYL-CYCLOHEXADIENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-PROPYL-AMINE 0 Pt not available 2.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-VALERIC-ACID 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOCNIDILIDE 0 Plant 70.0 260.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NEOCNIDILIDE 0 Root not available 17.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOCNIDOLIDE 2 Root not available 17.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NERAL 4 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NERAL 4 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEROL-ACETATE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NERYL-ACETATE 5 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NH3 0 Stem not available 19600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NH3 0 Pt not available 15480.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 3.0 12.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Seed 2.5 12.0 -0.92 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
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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.