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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
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
Tumor-Promoter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Uricosuric 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Urinary-Antiseptic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterotonic 2 Tyler, V.E.. 1982. The Honest Herbal. George F. Stickley Co., Philadelphia PA. 263 pp.
Uterotrophic 3 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Varroacide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 12 Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor 1 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Vulnerary 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).