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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
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Seed 7.0 10.0 -0.83 Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
GAMMA-TERPINEOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 3000.0 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINEOL 0 Seed 57.0 125.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GAMMA-TERPINEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Leaf not available not available not available Griffiths, L. A. 1959. On the Distribution of Gentisic Acid in Green Plants. J. Exp. Biol. 10: 437.
GERANIOL-ACETATE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 400.0 -1.05 Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL-ACETATE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL-BUTYRATE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GERANYL-BUTYRATE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GLUCOSE 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSIDASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Pt 860.0 18285.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLUTAMIC-ACID(FREE) 0 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
GLUTAMINE 5 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.
GLYCINE 12 Pt 210.0 4290.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCOLIC-ACID 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAVEOBIOSIDE-A 0 Seed not available not available not available 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
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.