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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
DI-N-PROPYL-AMINE 0 Pt not available 0.9 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIACETYL 2 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DIACETYL 2 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDRO-ISOCARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVEOL 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVEOL 2 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVEOL 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVEOL 2 Seed Essent. Oil not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Essential Oil 0.0 5000.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Seed 0.0 150.0 -1.23 Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVYL-ACETATE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDRONEOCARVEOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDRONEOCARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDRONEOISOCARVEOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDRONEOISOCARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-AMINE 2 Stem not available 5.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-AMINE 2 Pt not available 5.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIPENTENE-OXIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
DIPHENYLAMINE 3 Plant not available not available not available Karawva, M. S., Khayyal, S. E., Farrag, N. M., Ayad, M. M. 1986. Screening of Diphenylamine as an Antihyperglycemic in Certain Edible Plant Organs. Egypt J. Pharm. Sci., 25(1,2,3): 21-25.
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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
Hepatotoxic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 13 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Histaminic 2 Duke, 1992 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic 3 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypertrichotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hyperuricemic 1 Martindale's 28th
Hypnotic 4 Schultes, R.E. De Plantis Toxicariis e Mundo Novo Tropicale Commentationes XXXVI. Justicia (Acanthaceae) as a Source of an Hallucinogenic Snuff. Economic Botany 44(1): 61-70, 1990.
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 22 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic 17 Duke, 1992 *