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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Scabicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Schistosomicide 1 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sclerosant 1 Martindale's 29th
Secretogogue 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.
Secretolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Sedative 19 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Sequestrant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Serotonin-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Serotoninergic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Sialogogue 1 Martindale's 29th
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic 4 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spermicide 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sprout-Inhibitor 1 Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication.
Stomachic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sunscreen 5 Duke, 1992 *
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Surfactant 1 Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.