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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
Ferulosys-genic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fibrinolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor 31 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 30 Duke, 1992 *
Fungiphilic 1 J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat 4 Duke, 1992 *
GABA-nergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gastroirritant 1 Martindale's 29th
Gastroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Genotoxic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glutathione-Depleting 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide 1 Duke, 1992 *
GST-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hallucinogenic 2 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Hematopoietic 1 Merck 11th Edition