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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
MUCILAGE 3 Root 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.
MYRCENE 22 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 5200.0 -1.25 Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Leaf 18.0 255.0 -0.08 Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Seed 168.0 1680.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Seed Essent. Oil not available 24000.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 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.
MYRISTICIN 31 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Fruit Essent. Oil 10000.0 7500000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Leaf 131.0 960.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 141176.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Plant 425.0 2550.0 1.00 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
MYRISTICIN 31 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Seed 14785.0 19800.0 1.38 Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Seed Essent. Oil not available 108000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTOLIC-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.
N-HEXANAL 0 Leaf not available 0.4 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXANOL 0 Leaf not available 0.2 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
NARINGENIN 56 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
NARINGENIN 56 Tissue Culture not available not available 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.