Parsley oils

TETRAMETHOXYALLYLBENZENE In varying amounts in some parsley oils (hell, just throw parsley oil in a pot to get a grab bag of psychedelic amphetamines ). 

Myristicin, CjjHjgOg, is 4-allyl-6-methoxy-l. 2-methylenedioxybenzene. It is found in oil of nutmeg and in parsley oil. It is a fragrant compound having the following characters —... 

Parsley oils are produced from the plant Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Nym. ex A. W. Hill (P. sativum Hoffm.), (Apiaceae) ... 

Apiole (parsley) (= 4,7- Petroselinum hortense (seed, parsley oil) OD-R (parsley)... 

The following tables should tell you all that your brain ever need know about parsley oils and their apiole contents. (Yeesh Am I obsessed or what ) Table VI is a more recent study (1988) and is a good comparison to what is presented in Table V [6]. The geographical sources for the oils in Table VI were not given. Table VII shows the major component content from leaves of some of the more novel global parsley sources [7]. Finally, Porter did a comparative chemical composition study of the oils obtained from the leaves of the two major parsley types curly leaf and flat leaf [8]. These were taken from various commercial suppliers and the data can be seen in Table VIII. 

TABLE VI. Another Comparative Chemical Composition of Various Parsley Oils... 

Parsley Oils This is the ultimate source of myristicin today. Cheap, plentiful and packed with myristicin. In Tables V, VI, VH and VIII from the... 

Apiole Section you can see the consistent and humongous myristicin contents of various types of parsley oils (seeds, leaves and herbs), various types of parsley (curley and flat leaf) and various global origins. 

Parsley Oil As you can see in Tables III and IV from the Apiole section, there is a ton of this supercompound in the green parts of parsley. Yowza ... 

Me Well, we usually do it by credit card or money order. But because the parsley oil content can be very subjective or degrade over time, I want my olfactory expert to give it a quick sniff upon delivery to see if it is proper. So do you think we could do this COD ... 

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All parts of the parsley plant, Carum petroseltnum, Benth. et Hook., yield a volatile oil, but that from the leaf and root are not commercial articles. Parsley oil of commerce is invariably obtained from the fruit, which yields from 2 to 6 per cent. 

Parsley oil is used in medicine. Crystalline apiole, yellow and white apioles, and oil of parsley when given intravenously exert an equal degree of toxicity, the essential oil being the most regular in its action. Bull, Sci. Pharm. 1910 17, 7, via Y.B. ofPharm. 1910, 207)... 

Further research results for essential parsley oil have been reviewed by Lawrence [202, 203, 204, 205]. 

Parsley oils are used in the food industry in seasonings, for example, for meat and sauces. 

Parsley oil lowers serum cholesterol and decreases blood pressure. It may also be of benefit in congestive heart failure. 

The nutmeg is the seed of the tree Myristica fragrans and mace is the fibrous covering of the seed. The two spices are virtually identical as to their chemical composition. Myristicin and the conjugated isomer isomyristicin are also found in parsley oil, and in dill. This was the oil that was actually shown to be converted to MMDA by the addition of ammonia by passage through an in vitro liver preparation. 

C12H14O4, Mr 222.24. needles smelling mildly of parsley, mp. 30 °C, bp. 294 °C. A. is obtained from parsley oil. LDLq (mouse s.c.) 1000 mg/kg. For isolation of A. from Sassafras albidum see Lit. (see also dill apiol). A. has abortive and diuretic activities and exhibits a synergistic action with insecticides. Biosynthesis from cinnamoyl-CoA. 

Synonyms Carum petroselinum Parsley oil Parsley seed oil Petroselinum crispum seed oil Petroselinum sativum seed oil... 

Constit. of seed oil of Ptcramnia sellowii. Also present in adipose tissue, skin and parsley oil. 

Isol. from parsley oil and other Petroselinum spp., and Asarum oils. Tablets (EtOH aq.). Mp 25°. Bpj2 145°. 

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