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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
BERGAPTEN 26 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Seed not available 1.0 -0.89 Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Shoot not available 145.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Pt 0.0 0.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 8.0 36.0 -0.08 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 7.5 36.0 1.82 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Pt 1.0 144.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 5000.0 43000.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 5000.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Seed 55.0 1290.0 0.86 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil 5000.0 43000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 35000.0 1.68 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Seed 1.0 875.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Seed Essent. Oil not available 35000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-EUDESMOL 13 Seed 76.0 225.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HUMULENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Fruit not available 2000.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Seed Essent. Oil 200.0 2000.0 -1.03 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
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Intoxicant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 36 Duke, 1992 *
JNK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional 6 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Keratolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Larvicide 6 Duke, 1992 *
Larvistat 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 9 Duke, 1992 *
Laxative? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 9 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.