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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
BERGAPTEN 26 Shoot 5.0 2000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Leaf not available 2.8 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Seed not available 22.0 -0.81 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Plant 12.0 154.0 0.11 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 11000.0 62100.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf not available 2.5 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Seed 6.6 770.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Leaf not available 5.4 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FARNESENE 0 Leaf not available 3.9 -1.52 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FARNESENE 0 Seed not available 25.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 35100.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Leaf 60.0 530.0 0.80 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Seed 43.0 4970.0 1.64 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Seed Essent. Oil not available 71000.0 1.87 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHENYLETHANOL 5 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHENYLETHANOL 5 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Fruit Essent. Oil 2000.0 203900.0 1.79 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf not available 2.4 -0.43 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 *