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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
SILICON 4 Plant 0.3 3.6 -0.52 *
SILVER 3 Plant 0.2 0.2 *
SODIUM 1 Plant 404.0 5110.0 -0.02 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Sprout Seedling 20.0 180.0 -0.82 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
STRONTIUM 0 Plant 285.0 396.0 1.63 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Root *
SUGARS 0 Plant 7110.0 90000.0 -0.25 *
SULFUR 14 Plant 380.0 4700.0 0.36 *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Root *
TAURINE 6 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Leaf 0.7 -0.34 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Fruit Essent. Oil 10000.0 50500.0 1.41 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf 33.0 105.0 -0.10 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Seed 6.0 700.0 -0.16 *
TETRADECANAL 0 Leaf 3.8 -1.00 *
TETRAMETHOXYALLYLBENZENE 0 Fruit *
TETRAMETHOXYALLYLBENZENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
TETRAMETHOXYALLYLBENZENE 0 Seed Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *
Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchoprotectant 1 *
Bronchorelaxant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Bruchiphobe 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Bufocide 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 18 *
Calcium-Antagonist? 1 Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991.
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 4 *
Cancer-Preventive 43 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 11 Martindale's 28th
Candidistat 2 *
Capillariprotective 2 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 8 *
Carcinogenic? 1 Martindale's 29th