Petroselinum crispum, Parsley

Petroselinum crispum, Parsley

Petroselinum crispum

Parsley 

sorts and variety
Smooth variety  ‚Giganta d’ Italia’               
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