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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
Antiviral 21 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 8 Duke, 1992 *
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aphidifuge 2 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 11 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 3 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide 5 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Ascaricide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 2 Duke, 1992 *
Ataxigenic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Autotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bacteriophagicide 1 de Vries, D. J. and Blumberg, P. M., Thermoregulatory effects of resiniferatoxin in the mouse: comparison with capsaicin, Life Sciences, 44, 1989, 711-715.
Bacteriostatic 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bacteristat 2 Duke, 1992 *
Barbituate-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *