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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CELEROSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
CHOLINE 20 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.
CHOLINE-ASCORBATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.0 0.0 -0.55 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CHROMIUM 24 Seed not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CHRYSOERIOL-7-APIOSYL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOERIOL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE 60 Seed Essent. Oil not available 1500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-1(7),8-DIEN-2-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-3-HEXEN-1-YL-PYRUVATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-3-HEXENOL 1 Essential Oil not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-3-HEXENOL-PYRUVATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-3-HEXENYL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-CARVEOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-CARVEOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 1000.0 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
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Teratologic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide 4 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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