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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Apium graveolens (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Celery
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ISOBUTYLIDENE-3-A,4-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 17000.0 *
ISOBUTYLIDENE-3-A,4-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 40000.0 *
ISOBUTYLIDENE-3-A,4-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE 0 Seed Essent. Oil 17000.0 *
ISOBUTYLIDENE-3-A,4-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE 0 Stem Essent. Oil 21000.0 *
ISOBUTYLIDENE-3-A,4-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE 0 Et 21000.0 *
ISOBUTYRIC-ACID 2 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ISOBUTYRIC-ACID 2 Plant *
ISOBUTYRIC-ACID 2 Shoot *
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID 4 Leaf *
ISOCITRIC-ACID 0 Root *
ISOIMPERATORIN 8 Seed *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Pt 200.0 4290.0 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOPIMPINELLIN 15 Petiole 0.1 0.4 *
ISOPIMPINELLIN 15 Plant *
ISOPIMPINELLIN 15 Root *
ISOPIMPINELLIN 15 Seed *
ISOPIMPINELLIN 15 Shoot 122.0 1.00 *
ISOPIMPINELLIN 15 Pt 0.1 0.4 *
ISOPULEGONE 4 Seed Essent. Oil 1600.0 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Seed *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hepatotoxic 7 *
Hepatotropic 3 *
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 *
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 *
Histaminic 2 *
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 *
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 *