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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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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
BERGAPTEN 26 Root *
BERGAPTEN 26 Seed 1.0 -0.89 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Shoot 145.0 -1.00 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Pt 0.0 0.8 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 8.0 36.0 -0.08 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 7.5 36.0 1.82 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Pt 1.0 144.0 1.41 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 5000.0 43000.0 -0.33 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 5000.0 -0.38 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Seed 55.0 1290.0 0.86 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil 5000.0 43000.0 -1.00 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Fruit Essent. Oil 35000.0 1.68 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Leaf Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Leaf Essent. Oil *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Seed 1.0 875.0 1.41 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Seed Essent. Oil 35000.0 *
BETA-EUDESMOL 13 Seed 76.0 225.0 *
BETA-HUMULENE 0 Seed Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Fruit 2000.0 -0.13 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Seed Essent. Oil 200.0 2000.0 -1.03 *
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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 *