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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
Antibacterial 42 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibradykinic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 366.
Antibronchitic 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anticalculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 11 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 2 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 3 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Pancreas) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinogenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).