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Plant Apium graveolens (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Celery
How this plant is used
Food

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View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
RUBIDIUM 0 Root 0.2 9.0 -0.55 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
RUTARETIN 0 Seed not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Plant not available 170.0 -0.68 Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Shoot not available 170.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
S-METHYL-METHIONINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
S-METHYL-METHIONINE 0 Stem not available 96.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE 5 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE 5 Seed not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
SABINENE 5 Seed Essent. Oil not available 7600.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES 7 Seed not available 100.0 0.20 Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES 7 Pt not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SANTALOL 2 Seed 874.0 1150.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
SCOPARONE 22 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLIN 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SEDANENOLIDE 1 Seed 90.0 900.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SEDANENOLIDE 1 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SEDANOIC-ACID 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SEDANOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Lithogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Litholytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lymphocytogenic 3 Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
Lymphokinetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-B-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAPK-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Melaninogenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Melatoninogenic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Memorigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator 3 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Mitogenic 1 Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.