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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
BETA-PINENE 13 Seed 1.0 26460.0 2.54 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Seed Essent. Oil 378000.0 1.98 *
BETA-SELINENE 3 Leaf 1.7 -0.51 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf 20.0 180.0 -0.98 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BICYCLOGERMACRENE 0 Leaf 5.2 -0.28 *
BIS-NORYANGONIN 0 Tissue Culture *
BORON 4 Plant 4.0 54.0 -0.27 *
BROMINE 0 Plant 3.0 21.0 -0.46 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CADMIUM 3 Plant 0.0 0.6 -0.55 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Stem *
CALCIUM 28 Plant 1000.0 16850.0 0.35 *
CALCIUM 28 Shoot 1600.0 -0.96 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Sprout Seedling Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CAMPHENE 9 Fruit *
CAMPHENE 9 Fruit Essent. Oil 7000.0 20800.0 1.36 *
CAMPHENE 9 Leaf 0.2 -0.19 *
CAMPHENE 9 Seed 3.0 490.0 0.10 *
CAMPHENE 9 Seed Essent. Oil 5000.0 0.29 *
CAR-3-ENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
CAR-3-ENE 0 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antioxidant (LDL) 2 *
Antioxidant Synergist 3 Merck 11th Edition
Antiozenic 1 *
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic 1 *
Antiparkinsonian 5 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipeptic 1 *
Antiperiodontal 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic 2 *
Antiperiodontitic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic 3 *
Antipermeability 1 *
Antiperoxidant 7 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiperoxidative 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antipharyngitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiphotophobic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).