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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
RUBIDIUM 0 Root 0.2 9.0 -0.55 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
RUTARETIN 0 Seed not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Plant not available 170.0 -0.68 Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Shoot not available 170.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
S-METHYL-METHIONINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
S-METHYL-METHIONINE 0 Stem not available 96.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE 5 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE 5 Seed not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
SABINENE 5 Seed Essent. Oil not available 7600.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES 7 Seed not available 100.0 0.20 Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES 7 Pt not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SANTALOL 2 Seed 874.0 1150.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
SCOPARONE 22 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLIN 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SEDANENOLIDE 1 Seed 90.0 900.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SEDANENOLIDE 1 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SEDANOIC-ACID 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SEDANOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available 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
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.