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
Celery mosaic virus Celery mosaic virus Celery mosaic virus (CeMV) is a plant pathogenic virus in the genus" Potyvirus " and the virus family " Potyviridae ". In California (USA), mosaic diseases of celery ("Apium graveolens") were reported as early as 1922. After some time, it became clear that there were at least two different viruses causing mosaic diseases with similar symptoms in celery. These two viruses were first differentiated by host range. One of the viruses had a wide host range and was named "Southern celery mosaic". The second had a host range restricted to the family Umbelliferae (Apiaceae) and was called