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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
BERGAPTEN 26 Shoot 5.0 2000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Leaf not available 2.8 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Seed not available 22.0 -0.81 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Plant 12.0 154.0 0.11 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 11000.0 62100.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf not available 2.5 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Seed 6.6 770.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Leaf not available 5.4 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FARNESENE 0 Leaf not available 3.9 -1.52 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FARNESENE 0 Seed not available 25.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 35100.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Leaf 60.0 530.0 0.80 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Seed 43.0 4970.0 1.64 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Seed Essent. Oil not available 71000.0 1.87 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHENYLETHANOL 5 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHENYLETHANOL 5 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Fruit Essent. Oil 2000.0 203900.0 1.79 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf not available 2.4 -0.43 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.