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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
GAMMA-ELEMENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Fruit Essent. Oil 16000.0 36300.0 1.36 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Leaf not available 0.4 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Seed 3.0 1120.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Seed Essent. Oil not available 5000.0 -1.06 Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL 35 Leaf not available 1.3 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
GERMACRENE-D 2 Leaf not available 6.9 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOLIC-ACID 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOLIC-ACID 4 Seed not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GRAVEOLONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAVEOLONE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HERACLENOL 0 Seed not available 3.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-3-EN-1-YL-ACETATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-3-EN-1-YL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-YL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECENOIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IMPERATORIN 25 Fruit 1.0 6.0 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
IMPERATORIN 25 Leaf not available 0.5 not available 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 *