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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
CRISPANE 0 Seed not available 104.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CRISPANONE 0 Seed not available 108.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYMOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Leaf not available 0.1 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Leaf not available 1.4 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Seed not available 109.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINOL 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DILLAPIOL 6 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 37000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-BENZOFURAN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-SULFIDE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
E0 0 Leaf not available 600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEMICIN 16 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 42700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEMICIN 16 Leaf not available 18.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
ELEMICIN 16 Seed not available 821.0 -1.11 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Fruit not available 600.0 -0.81 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Leaf 600.0 3000.0 -0.75 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant 40.0 3000.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Root 500.0 5000.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Seed 15000.0 70000.0 0.33 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypnotic 3 Martindale's 29th
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocalcemic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Hypocholesterolemic 19 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic 11 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 17 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypothermic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
IKK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 10 Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant 10 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant 3 Martindale's 29th
iNOS-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 17 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide-Synergist 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.