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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Apium graveolens (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Celery
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
P-CYMENE 16 Seed Essent. Oil 2000.0 31000.0 -0.10 *
P-CYMENE 16 Stem Essent. Oil 17000.0 -1.00 *
P-CYMENE 16 Et 17000.0 1.00 *
P-CYMOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
P-HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 1 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
P-MENTH-8(9)-ENE-1,2-DIOL 0 Essential Oil *
P-MENTH-8(9)-ENE-1,2-DIOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
P-MENTHA-2,8-DIEN-1-OL 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
P-MENTHA-8(9)-EN-1,2-DIOL 0 Seed Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
P-MENTHA-CIS-1(7)-8-DIEN-2-OL 0 Essential Oil *
P-MENTHA-CIS-2-8-DIEN-1-OL 0 Essential Oil *
P-MENTHA-TRANS-1(7)-8-DIEN-2-OL 0 Essential Oil *
P-MENTHA-TRANS-2-8-DIEN-1-OL 0 Essential Oil *
P-METHOXY-CINNAMIC-ACID 5 Seed 7.5 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Essential Oil *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 9470.0 32760.0 -0.02 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Pt 280.0 5970.0 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Pt 10.0 190.0 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Pt 1.0 36.0 1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PECTIN 24 Leaf 3000.0 -1.51 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Respirastimulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Respirodepressant 1 *
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Rodenticide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Scabicide 2 Merck 11th Edition
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Scolicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Secretogogue 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.
Secretolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Secretomotor 1 *
Sedative 32 Ortiz de Urbina, A.V., Martin*, M.L., Montero, M.J., Moran, A., and San Roman, L. 1988. Sedating and Antipyretic Activity of the Essential Oil of Calamintha sylvatica subsp. Ascendens. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 25: 165-171, 1989.
Sequestrant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Serotoninergic 4 Jim Duke's personal files.
Sialogogue 1 Martindale's 29th
Soap 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic 4 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spermicide 3 Martindale's 28th
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Spinoconvulsant 1 *
Sprout-Inhibitor 2 Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication.