Celery Seed
also known as celery fruit
Small brown seeds from the same plant whose stalks are eaten as a vegetable, used since ancient Egyptian and Greek medicine for arthritis, urinary complaints, and as a digestive bitter. Celery seed is mildly diuretic and has a particular traditional reputation for gout and joint stiffness — partly because it gently encourages the body to clear uric acid.
- Traditional use for gout and joint stiffness
- Mild diuretic action — supports the body's clearance of fluid and certain metabolic waste
- Long traditional use as a digestive bitter for sluggish digestion and bloating
- Anti-inflammatory action documented in laboratory studies
- Mildly lowers blood pressure in some studies — though effects are modest
- Small culinary use (in soups, stocks, and pickling) is completely safe
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- Remodeling of phenolic compounds from celery pulp driven by Lactobacillus plantarum NCU116 fermentation: insights from omics, targeted quantification, and microstructural imaging.
- The initiation of embryo growth in imbibed celery mericarps marks a key mechanism by which temperature signals are integrated to regulate germination timing.
- A CNN-Based Deep Learning Architecture for Discriminating Botanical Adulteration and Complexities Among Commercial Apiaceae Medicinal Species.
- In-vivo pilot study to assess a new plant-based cosmetic formulation containing Ziziphus joazeiro bark extract and Apium graveolens seed extract for the improvement of dandruff while enhancing scalp microbiome balance and barrier function in subjects with oily to dry sensitive scalps.
- Exogenous Melatonin Enhances the Salt Tolerance of Celery (Apium graveolens L.) by Regulating Osmotic Adaptation and Energy Metabolism via Starch and Sucrose Metabolic Pathways.
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