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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
SERINE 1 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Pt 200.0 4105.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SESALIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SESELIN 3 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SFA 0 Pt 370.0 6900.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SHIKIMIC-ACID 14 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Fruit 1.0 4.5 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Root not available 2.0 -0.33 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
SODIUM 1 Fruit 445.0 2120.0 0.02 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 445.0 2120.0 2.65 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Pt 774.0 17135.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
SPINOSTEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 3100.0 5000.0 -0.46 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID 8 Pt 30.0 560.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed not available 300.0 -0.15 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
STIGMASTEROL 12 Pt not available 30.0 not available Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Pt not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID-DEHYDROGENASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
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List of plant activities.
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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 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