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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
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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchoprotectant 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist? 1 Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991.
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 2 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic? 1 Martindale's 29th