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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
(+)-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
Gastroprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Genotoxic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Glucogonogenic 1 LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glutathione-Depleting 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide 1 Duke, 1992 *
GST-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hallucinogenic 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Hemolytic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hemopoietic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemorrhagic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hemostat 4 Duke, 1992 *
Hemostatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatomagenic 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 20 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotonic 1 Fitoterapia No.5-1986.