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| | Celery Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Celery includes several varieties of Apium graveolens and A. rapaceum as a cultivate vegetable, or cultivated or wild herb. |
 | | U.S. celery is sold in the fresh market, but a portion is processed for use in prepared foods such as soups, juices, and convenience dinners. |
 | | In the medicinal-herbal market, celery oil or "oil extract," as well as ground seed or root, are touted as herbal and dietary supplements that "promote and regulate" healthy blood pressure, joint "health" (anti-arthritic, anti-rheumitic properties) and uric acid levels (improve kidney function). |
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