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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
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Seed Essent. Oil not available 1000.0 -1.01 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Fruit Essent. Oil 3000.0 14000.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 1000.0 -0.84 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Root Essent. Oil not available 69000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Seed 1.0 420.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Seed Essent. Oil 5000.0 14000.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-TERPINYL-PROPIONATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Leaf 136.0 266.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Plant 0.0 64.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Shoot 0.0 64.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Pt 3.0 67.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Root 0.3 9.0 -0.31 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
AMMONIA 0 Stem not available 19600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA 0 Pt not available 15480.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ANGELIC-ACID 1 Plant 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.