Parsley fruits

Parsley fruit contains a fairly large quantity of apiole with the corresponding glucoside, apiin. Apiole or parsley camphor is a methoxymyristicin, and is the 2 5-dimethoxy-3 4-methylene ether of... 

ISO 3527 2000 QU of parsley fruits [Petroselinum sativum Hoffm.], International Organisation of Standardisation, Geneva, Switzerland (2000)... 

Fig. 9,10 Petroselini fructiis Parsley fruits Petroselinum crispum (MiU..) ssp. crispum leaf parsley...

Parsley Seed, Parsley fruit. Dried ripe seed of Petroselinum hortense Hoffm. (P. sativum Hoffm. Carum petroselinum Benth. Hook.), Umbelliferae. Habit Russia, France, Germany cultivated everywhere, Conslit Seed volatile and fixed oils apiol, apiolin, apiin, tannin. 

Parsley fruit oil Petroselinum sativum Fruit SD Myristicine (methoxy safrole), apiole (dimethoxy safrole), 2,3,4,5-tetramethoxy allylbenzene... 

The common hemlock, Conium maculatum, contain five alkaloids. Power and Tutin found a similar mixture in fool s parsley, and a volatile alkaloid resembling coniine i.s stated to occur in certain aroids. According to Svagr, water hemlock Cicuta virosa) owes its poisonous properties to toxin and not to cicutine, a name sometimes used as a synonym for coniine. The toxic properties of hemlock juice have been known ftom very early times thus it was the chief ingredient in the poison administered to criminals by the Greeks. The leaves and the unripe fruits are the parts used in medicine. The following are the names and formulae of the alkaloids —... 

Takama F and Saito S. 1974. Studies on the storage of vegetables and fruits II. Total carotene content of sweet pepper, carrot, leek and parsley during storage. J Agric Sci (Japan) 19 11. 

Plants that can cause photodermatitis include carrots, celery, parsnip, dill, fennel, caraway, parsley, lovage, anise, and chervil among the Apiaceae (Umbelliferae, or carrot family), figs (Moraceae), and citrus fruits (grapefruit, lemon, lime. 

Methoxypsoralen 188 is a naturally occurring linear furocoumarin found in citrus fruit rind and celery and parsley leaves. The use of oral or topical 5-methoxypsoralen plus UVA irradiation in the management of the skin disorders psoriasis and vitiligo was the subject of a medically oriented review <1998MI667>. 

Parsley seed oil is obtained by steam distillation of ripe fruits of parsley. It is an almost colorless to amber-yellow liquid whose dry odor is characteristic of the crushed fruit, but different from that of the green parts of the plant. 

About 300 different aglycones have been identified, and the most frequently are luteolin, apigenin (especially in parsley) and diosmetin (in Citrus fruits). Among glycosides, the 1-0- and C-forms are very common, and are characterized by a carbon-carbon bond between the anomeric carbon of a sugar molecule and the Q or Cg carbon of the flavone nucleus. Table 8 describes the most common flavones [19]. 

Flavones are found mainly in grains and herbs and not frequently in fruits. Apigenin and chiysoeriol have been detected in parsley, while cereal grains and herbs contain apigenin and its glycosides as well as luteolin [21,27]. 

Coriander is an annual herb of the parsley family, native to Europe and the Mediterranean region. For CO2 extraction, only ground coriander seed, the dried fruit of the plant, is used. Coriander seed contains 0.8 to 1.5% volatile oil. The principal component is rf-linalool, present at about 60 to 70% in the volatile oil. The CO2 extracts of Austrian coriander (450 bar, 60°C) contain about 8 to 10% volatile oil. 

Caraway seed is the fruit of a herb within the parsley family. Each seed is a half of the fruit and is about Vi cm long, tan to brown, and curved with five lighter coloured ridges along the length of the seed. Caraway is mostly cultivated in Europe and Western Asia. 

Phenolic acid Inhibits nitrosamines enhances enzyme activity Berries, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, citrus fruits, eggplant, parsley, peppers, teas, tomatoes, whole grains... 

The effect of growing plants in polluted environs has also been reported. Monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (MAHs benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes) were extracted from fruit and vegetables and determined by GC-MS (with selected-ion monitoring mode) by Gorna-Binkul et al. (1996). It was observed that uptake of MAHs depended on the species and took place in different parts of the plant. The highest concentrations of MAHs were found in parsley leaves (m- and p-xylene). 

Franz, C. and Glasl, H. (1 976) Comparative investigations of fruit-, leaf- and root-oils of some parsley varieties. Qualitas Plantarum 25, 253-262. 

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