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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
4-ISOPROPENYL-1-METHYL-BENZENE 0 Seed not available 87.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
4-ISOPROPYL-CYCLOHEX-2-ENONE 0 Leaf not available 0.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
4-PROPAN-1-AL-2-YL-TOLUENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-PROPAN-2-OL-2-YL-TOLUENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 10 Fruit 0.0 12.0 1.67 Duke, 1992 *
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 10 Leaf not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6''-O-MALONYLAPIIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6,7-DIHYDRO-8,8-DIMETHYL-2(H),8(H)BENZO-(1,2B,5,4B'-DIPYRAN-2-6-DIONE 0 Seed not available 12.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-ACETYL-7-HYDROXY-COUMARIN 0 Seed not available 5.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
7-OCTADECANOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
8-METHOXY-PSORALEN 21 Fruit 0.0 5.0 1.41 Abstract (See species file)
ALLYL-TETRAMETHOXYBENZENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 231000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CADINOL 3 Leaf not available 0.2 -1.20 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Leaf not available 7.9 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE 0 Leaf not available 1.9 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ELEMENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GURJUNENE 0 Leaf not available 4.9 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-NEROLIDOL 0 Leaf not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Fruit Essent. Oil 3000.0 7300.0 -1.33 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf not available 4.3 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
PAF-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Paralytic 1 Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
Paramecicide 1 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 24 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Peristaltic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 69 Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Pheromone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Photoactive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Photocarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Photodermatitigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Phototoxic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Phytoalexin 5 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Piscicide 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PKC-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *