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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
NEOXANTHIN 2 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NERAL 4 Leaf not available 2.9 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Plant 7.0 87.0 0.14 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Plant 0.1 8.5 1.37 Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINAMIDE 2 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
NICOTINIC-ACID 11 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINIC-ACID 11 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINIC-ACID-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINIC-ACID-N-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINIC-ACID-N-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN 0 Leaf 4900.0 40700.0 -0.15 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
O-METHYLBENZYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf not available 0.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTADEC-7-ENOIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed not available 53000.0 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
OSTHOL 15 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 56000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OSTHOLE 4 Plant 840.0 3975.0 1.41 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
OXYPEUCEDANIN 6 Fruit 7.0 26.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYPEUCEDANIN 6 Leaf not available 100.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
OXYPEUCEDANIN-HYDRATE 2 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
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Binder 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Embryotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 4 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-97.
Emmenagogue 1 Duke, 1992 *
Encephalopathic 2 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterotoxic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Epidermal-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Essential 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic? 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Expectorant 9 Duke, 1992 *
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.