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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
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant 17.0 129.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 171.0 1700.0 0.68 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Shoot 17.0 129.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Pt 58.0 2778.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 6720.0 32000.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Root 8300.0 100000.0 0.93 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
ASH 0 Seed 6720.0 106294.0 1.76 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Pt 6000.0 219000.0 1.04 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Root 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.
ASPARAGINE(FREE) 0 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Pt 1130.0 23880.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BENTONITE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
BENZOIC-ACID-4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available 3.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID-4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available 56.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BENZOYL-BENZOATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BENZYL-AMINE 0 Stem not available 3.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-BENZOATE 17 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Leaf not available 1.2 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Plant not available 520.0 -1.00 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.