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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
PENTENYLBENZENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
PENTOSANE 0 Root not available 1600.0 -1.00 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PENTYL-BENZENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 9000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTYL-BENZENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTYL-BENZENE 0 Seed 170.0 270.0 not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
PENTYL-BENZENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil 200.0 9000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PERILLALDEHYDE 11 Seed not available 1.0 -0.90 Duke, 1992 *
PEROXIDASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Seed 2400.0 657000.0 0.50 Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHELLOPTERIN 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Leaf 190.0 4105.0 -1.59 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 979.0 4660.0 0.44 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root 470.0 7900.0 0.77 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 980.0 6843.0 0.39 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Pt 201.0 6849.0 1.36 Duke, 1992 *
PHTHALIDES 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Seed not available 600.0 -0.49 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Pt 60.0 1120.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PINOCARVEOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 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.