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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
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 20000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available 201000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Stem Essent. Oil not available 67000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Et not available 67000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-P-MENTHA-1(7),8-DIEN-2-OL 0 Seed not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-P-MENTHA-2,8-DIEN-1-OL 0 Seed not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRIMETHYL-PSORALEN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Pt 90.0 1865.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Pt 90.0 1865.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UNDECAN-1-AL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UNDECANAL 2 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
URANIUM 1 Root not available 0.1 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
URONIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERIC-ACID 9 Flower not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
VALINE 3 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Pt 260.0 5600.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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
Trichomonistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Triglycerigenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tumor-Promoter 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 3 HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Urate-Solvent 1 Duke, 1992 *
Uricogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Urinary-Antiseptic 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.
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative 2 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotonic 2 Tyler, V.E.. 1982. The Honest Herbal. George F. Stickley Co., Philadelphia PA. 263 pp.
Uterotrophic 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.