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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
NIACIN 39 Pt 3.0 57.0 0.71 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Root 0.0 0.9 -0.66 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
NICOTINE 21 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
NITROGEN 0 Root 2000.0 19090.0 -1.12 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
NODAKENETIC 0 Seed not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
NODAKENIN 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-AL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTANAL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 73200.0 162560.0 0.36 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Pt 230.0 4850.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OSTHENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OSTHOL 15 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Root not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
P-COUMAROYL-QUINIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Fruit Essent. Oil 2000.0 31000.0 1.12 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 4000.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Root Essent. Oil not available 31000.0 1.44 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Seed 20.0 930.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
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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
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 *