Celery activities. Celery contains phenolic acid, which is an antioxidant. Apiin and apigenin can be extracted from celery and parsley. Lunularin is a dihydrostilbenoid found in common celery. The main chemicals responsible for the aroma and taste of celery are butylphthalide and sedanolide. Daniel Zohary and Maria Hopf note that celery leaves and inflorescences were part of the garlands found in the tomb of pharaoh Tutankhamun (died 1323 BC), and celery mericarps dated to the seventh century BC were recovered in the Heraion of Samos. However, they note "since "A. graveolens" grows wild in these areas, it is hard to decide
Pineda (plant) "Prockia", "Banara", "Hasseltiopsis", and "Neosprucea". "Pineda" was named in honor of Antonio Pineda, a Guatemalan botanist who was coordinator of the naturalists aboard the Pacific expedition of Alessandro Malaspina. "Pineda incana" is known as "lloqui," "lloque," "lloquecillos," or "manzanitas cimarronas," and "Pineda ovata" is known as "duraznillo." "Pineda ovata" is commonly misidentified as "Prockia crucis" (Salicaceae). Pineda (plant) Pineda is a genus of flowering plants in the willow family, Salicaceae. It contains two species of shrubs: "Pineda incana", which is native to the Andes of Ecuador and Peru, and "Pineda ovata", which is native to the Andes of Bolivia. "Pineda"