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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
ANGELICIN 17 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANILINE 0 Pt not available 0.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN 101 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN 101 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN 101 Pt 0.0 1910.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-APIOSYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-BETA-APIOSYL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf 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.
APIGRAVIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIIN 4 Plant not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
APIIN 4 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIOLE 20 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIOLE 20 Seed 115.0 180.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
APIUMETIN 0 Seed not available 13.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
APIUMETRIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
APIUMOSIDE 0 Seed not available 125.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ARGININE 14 Pt 200.0 4105.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC 2 Root 0.0 0.1 -0.20 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
ARSENIC-OXIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 357.0 1700.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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.