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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
5-ALPHA-ANDROST-16-EN-3-ONE 0 Plant not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
5-ALPHA-ANDROST-16-EN-3-ONE 0 Shoot not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
5-METHOXY-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-OXYPSORALEN 0 Seed not available 2.9 not available Duke, 1992 *
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 10 Fruit 0.0 7.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 10 Leaf Wax not available 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 10 Seed 0.0 7.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
6,10,14-TRIMETHYL-2-PENTADECANONE 0 Seed not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
7-[3-(3,4-DIHYDROXY-4-HYDROXYMETHYL-TETRAHYDRO-FURAN-2-YLOXY)-4,5-DIHYDROXY-6-HYDROXYMETHYL-TETRAHYDRO-PYRAN-2-YLOXY]... 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-HYDROXY-5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 0 Seed not available 375.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
8-HYDROXYFALCARINONE 0 Root not available 8.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
8-METHOXY-PSORALEN 21 Leaf 0.0 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Leaf 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.
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADENINE 11 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADENOSINE 28 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Pt 220.0 4665.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALLOOCIMENE-I 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLOOCIMENE-II 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CEDRENE 3 Seed not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
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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 *