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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
FIBER 15 Seed 106750.0 138586.0 0.03 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FIBER 15 Pt 6900.0 158000.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Fruit not available 171000.0 0.40 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Fruit not available 320000.0 -0.97 Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOIDS 0 Leaf not available 420.0 -0.95 Duke, 1992 *
FOLIACIN 0 Pt 0.3 5.6 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FORMALDEHYDE 12 Plant 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.
FORMALDEHYDE 12 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Pt not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FURANOCOUMARINS 0 Leaf 1.4 2.3 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
FURANOCOUMARINS 0 Pt 0.9 2.9 not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE 1 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GAMMA-DECALACTONE 3 Seed not available not available not available Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
GAMMA-SELINENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-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.
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Lead) 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 12 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antielastase 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 7 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiendotoxic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.