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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
ALPHA-EUDESMOL 0 Seed 76.0 225.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Leaf 266.0 2500.0 3.78 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Seed 20.0 33.0 not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
ALPHA-IONONE 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-IONONE 5 Seed Essent. Oil not available 500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Seed 1600.0 2554.0 -0.28 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-P-DIMETHYL-STYRENE 0 Seed 170.0 270.0 1.39 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Fruit not available 2000.0 0.43 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Seed Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 -0.86 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 10000.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 -0.74 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Root Essent. Oil not available 179000.0 0.77 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Seed not available 300.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Seed Essent. Oil 10000.0 10500.0 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Stem Essent. Oil not available 14000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Et 12000.0 14000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SANTALOL 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE 3 Seed 95.0 250.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE 3 Seed Essent. Oil not available 20500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 1000.0 -0.83 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
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholinergic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticholinesterase 1 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Antichoreic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticirrhotic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonstrictive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 12 Duke, 1992 *
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 5 Duke, 1992 *