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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
P-COUMARATE-COENZYME-1A-LIGASE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 28000.0 0.87 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf not available 1.4 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Seed not available 34.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE-8-OL 0 Leaf not available 4.4 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE-8-OL 0 Seed not available 28.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHA-1,3,8-TRIENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHATRIENE 0 Leaf not available 0.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHATRIENOLE 0 Leaf 0.8 18.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHYL-ACETOPHENONE 0 Leaf not available 3.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHYL-ACETOPHENONE 0 Seed not available 31.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-METHYL-ACETOPHENONE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-XYLENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed not available 5000.0 -0.60 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Plant 3.0 26.0 -0.22 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PENTATRIACONTANE 1 Leaf not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Seed 100000.0 300000.0 -1.04 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Coleoptophile 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing 2 Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Colorant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
COMT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive 2 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Copper-Chelator 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
Culicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.