Petroselinum crispum
(Parsley)

Therapeutic Actions:

• Antioxidant
• Carminative
• Diuretic
• Emmenagogue
• Encourages uric acid elimination
• Increases milk in lactating woman
• Inhibits histamine release
• Tones uterine muscles

Clinical Indications:

• Congestive heart failure
• Cystitis
• Gout
• Hypertension
• Obesity
• Dyspepsia
• Urinary lithiasis

Contraindications:

• Pregnancy

Drug/Nutrient Interaction:

• Limited data

Chemical Constituents:

• Calcium
• Coumarins:
  
  8- and 5-methoxypsoralen
  Bergapten
  Imperatorin
  Isopimpinellin
  Psoralen
  Xanthotoxin
• Essential oils:
  
  Apiol
  Apiolin
  B-phellandrene
  Camphene
  Eugenol
  a-thujene
  a- and B-pinene
  p-mentha-1,3,8_triene
  4-isoprepenyl-1-methylbenzene
  2-(p-toluyl)propan-2-ol
  l-Lmonene
  Myristicin
• Flavonoids:
  
  Apigenin-7-glucoside
  Apiin
  Luteolin
  Luteolin-7-glucoside
• Iron
• Manganese
• Phosphorus
• Vitamin A
• Vitamin C

Toxicity:

• No known toxicity

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