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Medicinal

Traditional Herbal Medicine Registration (THMR).

Other use

Used as a garnish or as a flavouring in salads and many cooked dishes.

Toxicity

Contains Apiol, and Elemicin, alkylbenzenes, which are probably carcinogenic in that they cause DNA changes. They are both genotoxic. Contains 8-methoxy-psoralen, a furocoumarin, which is genotoxic and possibly carcinogenic. Produced adenomas and adenocarcinomas of the kidney, and adenocarcinomas of the Zymbal gland.
van den Berg, S.J.P.L., Restani, et al., P.. (2011). Levels of Genotoxic and Carcinogenic Compounds in Plant Food Supplements and Associated Risk Assessment. Food and Nutrition Science 2: 989-1010. link

Geographical distribution

  • Europe

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Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Nyman ex A.W.Hill

Family: APIACEAE
Genus: Petroselinum
Species: crispum (Mill.) Nyman ex A.W.Hill
Common names: Parsley; Persil
Pharmacopoeia Londinensis name: Petroselinum vulgare
Distribution summary: Widely cultivated & naturalised
Habit: Annual
Hardiness: H3 - Half hardy; unheated greenhouse/mild winter
Habitat: Scrub and waste land
Garden status: Currently grown
Garden location: Pharmacopoeia Londinensis 1618 'Seeds & Grains' (HSE 8), Pharmacopoeia Londinensis 1618 'Seeds & Grains' (HSE 7), Classical Europe & Middle East (I)
Flowering months: June, July, August
Reason for growing: Medicinal, other use, traditional herbal registration


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