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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CRISPANE 0 Seed not available 104.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CRISPANONE 0 Seed not available 108.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYMOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Leaf not available 0.1 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Leaf not available 1.4 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Seed not available 109.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINOL 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DILLAPIOL 6 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 37000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-BENZOFURAN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-SULFIDE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
E0 0 Leaf not available 600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEMICIN 16 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 42700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEMICIN 16 Leaf not available 18.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
ELEMICIN 16 Seed not available 821.0 -1.11 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Fruit not available 600.0 -0.81 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Leaf 600.0 3000.0 -0.75 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant 40.0 3000.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Root 500.0 5000.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Seed 15000.0 70000.0 0.33 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Progestational 1 Duke, 1992 *
Proliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant 5 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer 1 Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Prosticide 1 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 3 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 2 Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105.
Psychoactive 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
PTK-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 4 Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Radioprotective 3 Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant 1 Martindale's 28th
Renoirritant 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Retinoprotectant Optometry 1 Duke, 1992 *
Rubefacient 1 Martindale's 29th