. The drug plants of Illinois . PETROSELINUM HORTENSE Hoffm. {P. sativum HoflFm.) Parsley. Umbelliferae. The seed and root collected. Grown in gardens; not known to have become estab- lished as an escape. Yields an oily resin (oleoresin of parsley seed) and apiol, the aromatic derivative from the resin. The seed is used as a car- minative, stimulant, and diuretic; apiol is used as an emmenagogue, ecbolic, and anti- pyretic.

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