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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
LINALOL 0 Leaf 0.1 -0.44 *
LINALOOL 53 Leaf 0.1 -0.65 *
LITHIUM 11 Plant 0.8 0.8 -1.00 *
LUTEIN 15 Plant Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
LUTEIN 15 Shoot *
LUTEOLIN-7-APIOSYL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
LUTEOLIN-7-APIOSYL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed *
LUTEOLIN-7-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-APIOGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
LYSINE 4 Plant 2190.0 18724.0 1.07 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
M-XYLENE 0 Leaf *
MAGNESIUM 65 Plant 250.0 3160.0 -0.28 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Root *
MANGANESE 14 Plant 0.5 6.0 -0.65 *
MERCURY 1 Plant 0.0 0.4 -0.48 *
METHANOL 2 Leaf *
METHIONINE 15 Plant 150.0 1282.0 -0.36 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
METHYL-DISULFIDE 0 Leaf *
METHYL-DISULFIDE 0 Plant Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
MOLYBDENUM 2 Plant 0.1 14.0 1.72 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Insectifuge 20 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 4 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 4 *
Insulinotonic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 3 *
Intoxicant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 17 *
JNK-Inhibitor 1 *
Juvabional 6 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Larvicide 4 Berenbaum, M. R., The natives knew, Chemtech, (May), 1990, 275-279.
Larvistat 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 6 *
Laxative? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95