Plant Apium graveolens (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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Celery

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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
PSORALEN	31	Leaf	not available	0.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
PSORALEN	31	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSORALEN	31	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSORALEN	31	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSORALEN	31	Pt	0.0	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Pt	690.0	12875.0	not available	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PYRROLIDINE	1	Stem	not available	0.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PYRROLIDINE	1	Pt	not available	2.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PYRUVIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PYRUVIC-ACID	1	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Pt	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-0-GALACTOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
QUERCETIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
QUINIC-ACID	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINIC-ACID	1	Pt	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESINIC-ACID	0	Seed	16800.0	19600.0	1.00	Wealth of India.
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	0.1	0.6	-0.94	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	0.1	0.6	-1.12	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Pt	0.0	34.0	1.33	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
Prolactinogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Proliferant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer	1	Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	4	Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide	3	Martindale's 29th
Psychoactive	2	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
PTK-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Pulmonotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pyrogenic	1	Conradson, T. B. G., Dixon, C. M. S., Clarke, B., Barnes, P. J. 1987. Cardiovascular Effects of Infused Adenosine in Man: Potentiation by Dipyridamole. Acta Physiol Scand, 129(3): 387-391.
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	3	Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Radioprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant	1	Martindale's 28th
Renoirritant	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Renotoxic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Respiraparalytic	1	Duke, 1992 *