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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
DODECAN-1-AL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DODECANAL 2 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
E-BUTYLIDENEPHTHALIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
E-LIGUSTILIDE 0 Plant not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEMOL 2 Seed not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
EO 0 Fruit 42000.0 200000.0 3.07 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Seed 4200.0 30000.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
EPOXYCARYOPHYLLENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 5500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUDESMOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 5000.0 10000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUDESMOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil 2900.0 10000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
EUGENOL 76 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FALCARINDIOL 13 Root not available 3.3 -1.03 Duke, 1992 *
FALCARINONE 3 Root not available 1.7 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
FARCARINOL 0 Root 200.0 1400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 13860.0 66000.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf 1300.0 42000.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 13860.0 279483.0 0.07 Duke, 1992 *
FENCHOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
FERULIC-ACID 61 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.
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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
Mitotic 1 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
MMP-9-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Molluscicide 5 Duke, 1992 *
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Monoaminergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitofuge 2 Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant 6 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Musculotropic 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic 13 Duke, 1992 *
Mutagenic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Myocardiotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 14 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *