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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
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Essential Oil *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Seed *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil 988000.0 1.41 *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Shoot *
(+)-SELINENE 0 Essential Oil *
(-)-MARMESIN 0 Seed 12.0 *
(E)-8(9)-P-MENTHEN-1,2-DIOL? 0 Seed Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
(E)-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE 0 Seed Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
(E)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Seed 7.0 10.0 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
(Z)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Seed 6.0 9.0 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
1(7),8(10)-P-MENTHADIEN-2-OL? 0 Seed Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
1,4-DIMETHYL-7-(1-METHYLETHENYL)-OCTAHYDRO-AZULENE 0 Seed Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
1-P-MENTHENE-9-AL 0 Seed Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
3,7,11-TRIMETHYL-1,2,6,10-DODECATRIENOL? 0 Seed Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
3-BUTYLHEXAHYDROPHTHALIDE 0 Root *
3-BUTYLPHTHALIDE 0 Seed 40.0 120.0 *
3-ISOBUTLIDENE-3-(A)-4-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE 0 Seed Essent. Oil 727.0 10000.0 *
3-ISOBUTLIDENE-3-(A)-4-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE 0 Shoot 0.7 *
3-ISOBUTYLIDENE-3-A,4-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE 0 Seed 133.0 1500.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
3-ISOBUTYLIDENE-PHTHALIDE 0 Plant 0.0 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Succinoxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sunscreen 6 *
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Synergist 1 Merck 11th Edition
Tachycardic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Teratogenic 2 *
Teratologic 2 *
Termiticide 4 *
Termitifuge 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 5 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 4 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 6 Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Tracheorelaxant 2 *
Tranquilizer 8 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 6 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Tremorigenic 2 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 8 Martindale's 29th