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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
SILICON 4 Plant 0.3 3.6 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
SILVER 3 Plant 0.2 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Plant 404.0 5110.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed not available not available not available Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Sprout Seedling 20.0 180.0 -0.82 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
STRONTIUM 0 Plant 285.0 396.0 1.63 Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS 0 Plant 7110.0 90000.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Plant 380.0 4700.0 0.36 Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TAURINE 6 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Leaf not available 0.7 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Fruit Essent. Oil 10000.0 50500.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf 33.0 105.0 -0.10 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Seed 6.0 700.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
TETRADECANAL 0 Leaf not available 3.8 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
TETRAMETHOXYALLYLBENZENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRAMETHOXYALLYLBENZENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRAMETHOXYALLYLBENZENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
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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
Antigenotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antigliomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglossitic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglutamaergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 4 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigout 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic 1 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihangover 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihelicobacter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 4 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 Duke, 1992 *