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Plant Petroselinum crispum (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Parsley
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 21000.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
(+)-M-MENTHA-1(6),8-DIENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 56400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
0-METHYLBENZYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf not available 0.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
1,3,8-P-MENTHATRIENE 0 Leaf 63.0 1090.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1,3,8-P-MENTHATRIENE 0 Seed not available 87.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-ALLYL-2,3,4,5-TETRAMETHOXYBENZENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 380000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-ALLYL-2,3,4,5-TETRAMETHOXYBENZENE 0 Seed 5.0 26600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-ALLYL-2,3,4,5-TETRAMETHOXYBENZENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 8000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-METHYL-4-ISOPROPENYL-BENZENE 0 Leaf 30.0 100.0 1.00 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
1-METHYL-4-ISOPROPENYL-BENZENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,3,4,5-TETRAMETHOXYBENZENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,3-DIOXA-1-METHYL-4-(METHYL-ETHENYL)-BICYCLO-(2,2,2)-OCT-5-ENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,3-DIOXA-1-METHYL-4-(METHYL-ETHENYL)-BICYCLO-(2,2,2)-OCT-5-ENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-(P-TOLUYL)-PROPAN-2-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
2-ALPHA-TOLYL-PROPENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-PENTYL-FURAN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,8-DIOXA-4-METHYL-7-(METHYL-ETHENYL)-TRICYCLO-(5,1,0)-OCTANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-N-BUTYL-PHTHALIDE 10 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYLOXY)-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 165.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
4-ISOPROPENYL-1-METHYL-BENZENE 0 Leaf not available 27.0 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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
ABeta-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 2 Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 6 Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidifier 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Additive 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adenylate-Cyclase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 16 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic 18 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic? 1 Duke, 1992 *