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Plant Petroselinum crispum (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Parsley
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
P-COUMARATE-COENZYME-1A-LIGASE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 28000.0 0.87 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf not available 1.4 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Seed not available 34.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE-8-OL 0 Leaf not available 4.4 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE-8-OL 0 Seed not available 28.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHA-1,3,8-TRIENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHATRIENE 0 Leaf not available 0.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHATRIENOLE 0 Leaf 0.8 18.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHYL-ACETOPHENONE 0 Leaf not available 3.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHYL-ACETOPHENONE 0 Seed not available 31.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-METHYL-ACETOPHENONE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-XYLENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed not available 5000.0 -0.60 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Plant 3.0 26.0 -0.22 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PENTATRIACONTANE 1 Leaf not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Seed 100000.0 300000.0 -1.04 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihepatitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatocarcinogenic 1 Akao, M. and Kuroda, K. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Fumaric Acid on Hepatocarcinogenesis by Thioacetamide in Mice. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2012-2014, 1990.
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 10 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 14 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 14 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihypercholesterolemic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperglycemic 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).