Petroselinum crispum, Parsley

Petroselinum crispum, Parsley

Petroselinum crispum

Parsley 

sorts and variety
curly variety  ‚Mooskrause'
drug

fruits (Petroselini fructus), herb (Petroselini herba), roots (Petroselini radix)     

most important active substances

fruits: 2 – 7 % volatile oil, according to variety: apiole (58 – 80 %); myristicin (share 49 – 77 %) allyltetramethoxybenzole (50 – 60 %), there are yet more components in the essential oil; fatty oil about  20 % (ca. 70 % petroselic acid)

leaves: 0,4 – 0,5 % volatile oil with apiole, myristicin, allyltetramethoxybenzole, vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin B

root: 0,05 – 0,12 % volatile oil with apiole, myristicin, allyltetramethoxybenzole, terpinolene

most important usages

for unspecific infections of the urinary tract and kidney gravel, spice

Recommendations for cultivation

Weight per thousand seed grains: 1,5 g

Seed demand for drilling: march 10 kg /ha

Distance between the rows: 25 – 30 cm

harvest: several times in the year