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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
MYRCENE 22 Et not available 18000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 125.0 213.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Pt 10.0 190.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTICIN 31 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Seed 230.0 360.0 -0.99 Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENAL 5 Seed not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
MYRTENOL 2 Seed not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
N-6-BENZYL-ADENINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-6-BENZYL-ADENINE-RIBOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-6-ISOPENT-2-ENYL-ADENOSINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-BUTYLPHTHALIDE 1 Fruit Essent. Oil 50000.0 72000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-BUTYLPHTHALIDE 1 Root not available 30.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-BUTYLPHTHALIDE 1 Seed 190.0 1800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-BUTYLPHTHALIDE 1 Seed Essent. Oil 25600.0 72000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXYLCYCLOHEXADIENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
N-METHYL-ANILINE 0 Stem not available 0.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-ANILINE 0 Pt not available 7.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-BETA-PHENETHYLAMINE 0 Stem not available 0.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-PHENETHYLAMINE 0 Stem not available 0.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-PHENETHYLAMINE 0 Pt not available 0.5 not available 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
Peristaltic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 88 Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Photoactive 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Photocarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Photodermatitigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Phototoxic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Phytoalexin 5 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Phytohormonal 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Piscicide 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
PKC-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Podagragenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Preservative 2 Merck 11th Edition
Progestational 1 Duke, 1992 *