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

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Celery

How this plant is used

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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
ALPHA-EUDESMOL	0	Seed	76.0	225.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Leaf	266.0	2500.0	3.78	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Seed	20.0	33.0	not available	Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
ALPHA-IONONE	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-IONONE	5	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Seed	1600.0	2554.0	-0.28	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-P-DIMETHYL-STYRENE	0	Seed	170.0	270.0	1.39	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Fruit	not available	2000.0	0.43	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	2000.0	-0.86	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	10000.0	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	2000.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Root Essent. Oil	not available	179000.0	0.77	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Seed	not available	300.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Seed Essent. Oil	10000.0	10500.0	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Stem Essent. Oil	not available	14000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Et	12000.0	14000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SANTALOL	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE	3	Seed	95.0	250.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE	3	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	20500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	1000.0	-0.83	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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.