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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
SERINE 1 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Pt 200.0 4105.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SESALIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SESELIN 3 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SFA 0 Pt 370.0 6900.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SHIKIMIC-ACID 14 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Fruit 1.0 4.5 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Root not available 2.0 -0.33 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
SODIUM 1 Fruit 445.0 2120.0 0.02 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 445.0 2120.0 2.65 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Pt 774.0 17135.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
SPINOSTEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 3100.0 5000.0 -0.46 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID 8 Pt 30.0 560.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed not available 300.0 -0.15 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
STIGMASTEROL 12 Pt not available 30.0 not available Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Pt not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID-DEHYDROGENASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Ovicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Oviposition-Stimulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Oxytocic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Ozone-Scavenger 1 Duke, 1992 *
P21-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
P450-1A-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer 2 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Paralytic 1 Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Parasympathomimetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Pediculicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Percutaneostimulant 2 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfume 4 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Perfumery 43 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry