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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.
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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
Antiarrhythmic 11 Merck 11th Edition
Antiarteriosclerotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 14 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 16 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 12 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 46 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibradykinic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 366.
Antibronchitic 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antibronchoconstrictor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibrucellosic 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.
Anticalculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 9 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.