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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.
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
MUCILAGE 3 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.
MYRCENE 22 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 5200.0 -1.25 Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Leaf 18.0 255.0 -0.08 Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Seed 168.0 1680.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Seed Essent. Oil not available 24000.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed not available not available not available Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
MYRISTICIN 31 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Fruit Essent. Oil 10000.0 7500000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Leaf 131.0 960.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 141176.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Plant 425.0 2550.0 1.00 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
MYRISTICIN 31 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Seed 14785.0 19800.0 1.38 Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Seed Essent. Oil not available 108000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTOLIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
N-HEXANAL 0 Leaf not available 0.4 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXANOL 0 Leaf not available 0.2 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
NARINGENIN 56 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
NARINGENIN 56 Tissue Culture 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
Antileukemic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukodermic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antileukonychic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 6 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antimalarial 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antimange 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimanic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).