Parts Used: Dried ripe fruits, Root, leaves, Seeds

Active Compounds:
Volatile oil, containing d-limonene, with a-selinene, santalol, a- and b-eudesmol, dihydrocarvone.
Phthalides; mainly 3-n-butylphthalide, ligustilide, sedanolide, and sedanenolide.
Coumarins; bergapten, isoimperatorin, isopimpinellin, apiumoside & celeroside.o Flavonoids; apiin and apigenin
Fixed oil, fatty acids.

Believed to be of value for:
Seeds: Anti-rheumatic, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, carminative, anti-spasmodic, nervine, sedative.

Plant: appetizer, diuretic, emmenagogue.
The expressed juice of the plant, may be used for dropsy, rheumatic tendencies, gout, tendencies toward overweight, flatulence, chronic pulmonary catarrh, lack of appetite, and deficiency diseases.

Other Names: Celery, Celery Seeds, Smallage, Garden celery, wild celery