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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
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 988000.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-SELINENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-MARMESIN 0 Seed not available 12.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(E)-8(9)-P-MENTHEN-1,2-DIOL? 0 Seed not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
(E)-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
(E)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Seed 7.0 10.0 not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
(Z)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Seed 6.0 9.0 not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
1(7),8(10)-P-MENTHADIEN-2-OL? 0 Seed not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
1,4-DIMETHYL-7-(1-METHYLETHENYL)-OCTAHYDRO-AZULENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
1-P-MENTHENE-9-AL 0 Seed not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
3,7,11-TRIMETHYL-1,2,6,10-DODECATRIENOL? 0 Seed not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
3-BUTYLHEXAHYDROPHTHALIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-BUTYLPHTHALIDE 0 Seed 40.0 120.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-ISOBUTLIDENE-3-(A)-4-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE 0 Seed Essent. Oil 727.0 10000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-ISOBUTLIDENE-3-(A)-4-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE 0 Shoot not available 0.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-ISOBUTYLIDENE-3-A,4-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE 0 Seed 133.0 1500.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
3-ISOBUTYLIDENE-PHTHALIDE 0 Plant not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiallergic 15 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialopecic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran? 2 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 5 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 4 Martindale's 28th
Antianginal 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianoxic 1 Yamahara, J., Matsuda, H., Naitoh, Y., Fujimura, H., and Tamai, Y. 1990. Antianoxic Action and Active Constituents of Atractylodis Lanceae Rhizoma. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2033-2034, 1990.
Antianxiety 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiapertif 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaphthic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiapoplectic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiappetant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarachidonate 1 Duke, 1992 *