Rucola Coltivata – 0981

PARSLEY CONTAINS SEVERAL VOLATILE OILS (MYRISTICIN LIMONENE EUGENOL ALPHA-THUJENE) AND FLAVONOIDS (APIGENIN APIN UTEOLIN?) WITH CHEMO-PROTECTIVE EFFECTS ON THE HUMAN BODY. VARIOUS STUDIES HIGHLIGHT THE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF PARSLEY: ? IT CONTAINS LARGE QUANTITIES OF APIGENIN WHICH HAS BEEN FOUND TO HAVE A STRONG ANTITUMORAL ACTIVITY AS IT INHIBITS THE FORMATION OF NEW BLOOD VESSELS THAT FEED CANCEROUS GROWTHS (ESPECIALLY IN BREAST TUMORS); ? MYRISTICIN HAS SHOWN ANALOGOUS RESULTS WITH LUNG TUMOR FORMATION; ? IT IS A SOURCE OF PHYTOACTIVE COMPOUNDS MAINLY CAROTENOIDS (PRO-VITAMIN A OR BETA-CAROTENE) WITH WELL-KNOWN PROTECTIVE EFFECTS FROM ATHEROSCLEROSIS COLON CANCER DIABETES ASTHMA?; ? IT HAS A HIGH VITAMIN C CONTENT WITH ITS ENSUING ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES (E.G. IT HINDERS OSTEOARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS) A HIGH VITAMIN K CONTENT (WHICH IS NECESSARY FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF OSTEOCALCIN A PROTEIN THAT STRENGTHENS BONE COMPOSITION) AND SPHINGOLIPIDS (THE FATS NEEDED TO MAINTAIN THE MYELIN SHEATH AROUND NERVES); ? LIKE MINT SAGE AND THYME IT HAS A STRONG ANTIMUTAGEN EFFECT THANKS TO ITS ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES AND THE CAPACITY OF PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS (ESPECIALLY LUTEOLIN) TO INHIBIT DNA DAMAGE CAUSED BY FREE RADICALS; ? THE AQUEOUS EXTRACTS OF ITS SEEDS INCREASE DIURESIS AND THEREFORE HELP REDUCE BLOOD PRESSURE (HYPOTENSIVE ACTION); ITS DIURETIC AND SUDORIFIC PROPERTIES ARE MAINLY DUE TO APIOSIDE A FLAVONIC SUBSTANCE; ? IN ANCIENT TIMES PARSLEY WAS ALSO USED AS AN EMMENAGOGUE AND AN ABORTIFACIENT DUE TO ITS APIOL CONTENT WHICH INDUCES THE CONTRACTION OF SMOOTH MUSCLES OF THE INTESTINE BLADDER AND UTERUS. BECAUSE OF ITS ABORTIFACIENT EFFECT PREGNANT WOMEN MUST AVOID COONSUMING EXCESSIVE QUANTITIES OF PARSLEY.