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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
CELEROSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
CHOLINE 20 Root not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CHOLINE-ASCORBATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.0 0.0 -0.55 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CHROMIUM 24 Seed not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CHRYSOERIOL-7-APIOSYL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOERIOL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE 60 Seed Essent. Oil not available 1500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-1(7),8-DIEN-2-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-3-HEXEN-1-YL-PYRUVATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-3-HEXENOL 1 Essential Oil not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-3-HEXENOL-PYRUVATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-3-HEXENYL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-CARVEOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-CARVEOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 1000.0 1.00 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
Hypolipidemic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 25 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Hypothermic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
IKK-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 12 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 11 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Immunosuppressant 4 Martindale's 29th
iNOS-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 19 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide-Synergist 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insectifuge 28 Bowers, W.S., Ortego, F., You, X., and Evans, P.H. Insect Repellents From The Chinese Prickly Ash Zanthoxylum bungeanum. Journal of Natural Products, 56(6): 935-938, 1993.
Insectiphile 6 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insulinogenic 4 Duke, 1992 *