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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
CNIDILIDE 5 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Fruit 0.4 2.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Root not available 0.0 -0.55 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
COBALT 2 Seed 0.4 2.0 -0.12 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
COLUMBIANETIN 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Root 0.7 11.0 -0.08 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
COPPER 12 Seed not available 14.0 -0.07 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
COPPER 12 Pt 0.4 7.0 1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
COUMARIN 57 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COUMARIN-GLYCOSIDES 0 Seed not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
COUMARINS 0 Seed not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CYSTINE 2 Pt 40.0 755.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
D-SELINENE 0 Seed 1900.0 4500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DECYL-ACETATE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DECYL-ACETATE 1 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-6,7-OCTADECANOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
DELTA-7,8-OCTADECANOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
DELTA-SELINENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
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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
AntiCrohn's 3 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCVI 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antidandruff 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia 8 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant 12 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatitic 9 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidiabetic 17 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic? 2 Martindale's 29th
Antidiarrheic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiuretic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Acetaminophen) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.