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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
GAMMA-ELEMENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Fruit Essent. Oil 16000.0 36300.0 1.36 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Leaf not available 0.4 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Seed 3.0 1120.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Seed Essent. Oil not available 5000.0 -1.06 Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL 35 Leaf not available 1.3 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
GERMACRENE-D 2 Leaf not available 6.9 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOLIC-ACID 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOLIC-ACID 4 Seed not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GRAVEOLONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAVEOLONE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HERACLENOL 0 Seed not available 3.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-3-EN-1-YL-ACETATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-3-EN-1-YL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-YL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECENOIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IMPERATORIN 25 Fruit 1.0 6.0 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
IMPERATORIN 25 Leaf not available 0.5 not available 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.