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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
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENETHYL-ALCOHOL 6 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PHENYALANINE-AMMONIA-LYASE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE-AMMONIA-LYASE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Plant 324.0 4100.0 0.25 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Leaf not available 5.5 0.75 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Leaf 50.0 450.0 -0.68 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
POTASSIUM 14 Plant 4425.0 53833.0 2.23 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Plant 20000.0 254096.0 0.66 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 191000.0 -0.38 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PSORALEN 31 Fruit 1.0 10.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
PSORALEN 31 Leaf 2.5 33.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
PSORALEN 31 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PSORALEN 31 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
QUERCETIN 176 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antineuralgic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antineuropathic? 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic 7 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiobesity 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antionychyotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 34 Jim Duke's personal files.