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

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
VELLEIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VERBENOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
VIT-B-6	0	Leaf	0.0	6.0	-0.89	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VIT-U	0	Pt	41.0	96.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-A-PALMITATE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-K-1	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	not available	790000.0	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Root	not available	890000.0	0.79	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
WATER	0	Seed	60400.0	790000.0	2.16	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Pt	927000.0	947000.0	1.00	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
XANTHOTOXIN	43	Plant	6.0	183.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN	43	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN	43	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN	43	Shoot	not available	183.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN	43	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN	43	Pt	0.0	1.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOXOTIN	0	Leaf	0.4	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Z-BUTYLIDENEPHTHALIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Z-LIGUSTILIDE	2	Plant	1.0	5.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.

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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.