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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
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 *