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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
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Seed 0.6 210.0 -0.87 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Seed Essent. Oil 1000.0 -1.11 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit Essent. Oil 2000.0 248500.0 2.44 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf 5.0 -0.22 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Root *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Seed 1.0 31080.0 2.89 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Seed Essent. Oil 444000.0 2.32 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Fruit Essent. Oil 18000.0 1.41 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf 0.2 -0.31 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Seed Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf 2.7 -0.59 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Seed 22.0 -0.50 *
ALPHA-TERPINOLENE 0 Leaf *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 1000.0 2600.0 -0.73 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Leaf 0.1 -0.62 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Seed 4.0 490.0 1.27 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil 7000.0 -1.00 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Leaf 36.0 252.0 -0.28 *
ALUMINUM 5 Plant 2.0 22.0 -0.71 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 2 *
Lipolytic 7 *
Lipotropic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 8 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
Lymphocytogenic 1 Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
MAO-A-Inhibitor 2 *
MAO-B-Inhibitor 1 *
MAO-Inhibitor 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAPK-Inhibitor 1 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
Melaninogenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Melatoninogenic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Memorigenic 1 *
Metal-Chelator 2 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *