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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
BETA-PINENE 13 Seed 1.0 26460.0 2.54 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Seed Essent. Oil not available 378000.0 1.98 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SELINENE 3 Leaf not available 1.7 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
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 not available 5.2 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
BIS-NORYANGONIN 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Plant 4.0 54.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE 0 Plant 3.0 21.0 -0.46 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CADMIUM 3 Plant 0.0 0.6 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Plant 1000.0 16850.0 0.35 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Shoot not available 1600.0 -0.96 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Fruit Essent. Oil 7000.0 20800.0 1.36 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Leaf not available 0.2 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Seed 3.0 490.0 0.10 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Seed Essent. Oil not available 5000.0 0.29 Duke, 1992 *
CAR-3-ENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAR-3-ENE 0 Leaf 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
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenalinic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaflatoxin 6 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 18 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 12 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialopecic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 8 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antialzheimeran? 2 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiamnesic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiamyloid-Beta 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 3 Meli, R., Autore, G., Di Carlo, G., Capasso, F. Inhibitory Action of Quercetin on Intestinal Transit in Mice. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 201, 1990.