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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.
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 *