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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
4-ISOPROPENYL-1-METHYL-BENZENE 0 Seed not available 87.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
4-ISOPROPYL-CYCLOHEX-2-ENONE 0 Leaf not available 0.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
4-PROPAN-1-AL-2-YL-TOLUENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-PROPAN-2-OL-2-YL-TOLUENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 10 Fruit 0.0 12.0 1.67 Duke, 1992 *
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 10 Leaf not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6''-O-MALONYLAPIIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6,7-DIHYDRO-8,8-DIMETHYL-2(H),8(H)BENZO-(1,2B,5,4B'-DIPYRAN-2-6-DIONE 0 Seed not available 12.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-ACETYL-7-HYDROXY-COUMARIN 0 Seed not available 5.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
7-OCTADECANOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
8-METHOXY-PSORALEN 21 Fruit 0.0 5.0 1.41 Abstract (See species file)
ALLYL-TETRAMETHOXYBENZENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 231000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CADINOL 3 Leaf not available 0.2 -1.20 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Leaf not available 7.9 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE 0 Leaf not available 1.9 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ELEMENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GURJUNENE 0 Leaf not available 4.9 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-NEROLIDOL 0 Leaf not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Fruit Essent. Oil 3000.0 7300.0 -1.33 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf not available 4.3 -0.31 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
Cardiac 1 Martindale's 29th
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 12 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Carminative 2 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 8 Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cicatrizant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 5 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Stimulant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Co-carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.