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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
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
Respirastimulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Respirodepressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Sprout-Inhibitor 2 Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication.