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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
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENETHYL-ALCOHOL 6 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PHENYALANINE-AMMONIA-LYASE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE-AMMONIA-LYASE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Plant 324.0 4100.0 0.25 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Leaf not available 5.5 0.75 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Leaf 50.0 450.0 -0.68 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
POTASSIUM 14 Plant 4425.0 53833.0 2.23 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Plant 20000.0 254096.0 0.66 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 191000.0 -0.38 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PSORALEN 31 Fruit 1.0 10.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
PSORALEN 31 Leaf 2.5 33.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
PSORALEN 31 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PSORALEN 31 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
QUERCETIN 176 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiandrogenic 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antianginal 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiapertif 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaphthic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiapoplectic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiappetant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarabiflavinotic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarthritic 13 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 9 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 15 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.