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PRONUNCIATION OF APIOL

apiol  [ˈeɪpɪɒl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF APIOL

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Apiol is a noun.
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WHAT DOES APIOL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Apiol

Apiol is a phthalide, also known as parsley apiol, apiole or parsley camphor. It is found in the essential oils of celery leaf and all parts of parsley. Heinrich Christoph Link, an apothecary in Leipzig, discovered the substance in 1715 as greenish crystals reduced by steam from oil of parsley. In 1855 Joret and Homolle discovered that apiol was an effective treatment of amenorrea or lack of menstruation. In medicine it has been used, as essential oil or in purified form, for the treatment of menstrual disorders and as an abortifacient. It is an irritant and, in high doses, it can cause liver and kidney damage. Cases of death due to attempted abortion using apiol have been reported. Hippocrates wrote about parsley as a herb to cause an abortion. Plants containing apiol were used by women in the Middle Ages to terminate pregnancies. Its use was widespread in the USA, often as ergoapiol or apergol, until a highly toxic adulterated product containing apiol and tri-ortho-cresyl phosphate was introduced on the American market. No carcinogenicity was detected with parsley apiol or dill apiol in mice. Now that safer methods of abortion are available, apiol is almost forgotten.

Definition of apiol in the English dictionary

The definition of apiol in the dictionary is an aromatic compound derived from parsley seeds or oil and formerly used to treat menstrual disorders, also known as parsley camphor.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH APIOL


diol
ˈdaɪɒl
dithiol
daɪˈθaɪɒl
estradiol
ˌɛstrəˈdaɪɒl
ethanediol
ˈiːθeɪnˌdaɪɒl
Kriol
ˈkrɪɒl
oestradiol
ˌiːstrəˈdaɪɒl
thiol
ˈθaɪɒl
triol
ˈtraɪɒl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE APIOL

apical
apically
apices
apician
apiculate
apicultural
apiculture
apiculturist
apiculus
apiece
Apiezon
apimania
apiology
Apis
apish
apishly
apishness
apism
apitherapy
apivorous

WORDS THAT END LIKE APIOL

Auriol
Baliol
Balliol
bass viol
blue vitriol
estriol
geraniol
green vitriol
lyra viol
oestriol
oil of vitriol
urushiol
viol
vitriol
white vitriol
zinc vitriol

Synonyms and antonyms of apiol in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «apiol» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF APIOL

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Translator English - Chinese

apiol
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

apiol
570 millions of speakers

English

apiol
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

apiol
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

apiol
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

апиол
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

apiol
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

apiol
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

apiol
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Apiol
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

apiol
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

apiol
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

apiol
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Apel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

apiol
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அபியோல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एपीओल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

apiol
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

apiol
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

apiol
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

апіол
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

apiol
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

apiol
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

apiol
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

apiol
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

apiol
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of apiol

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «APIOL»

The term «apiol» is normally little used and occupies the 145.050 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «APIOL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about apiol

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APIOL»

Discover the use of apiol in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to apiol and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Regulating Menstruation: Beliefs, Practices, Interpretations
Apiol (MEP 1941:200-201) MEP 1941 describes apiol (oil of parsley) as a drug obtained by alcoholic extraction from the fruit of Carum Petrosilenum (syn. Petrosilenum sati- vum, or common parsley). Other publications refer to apiol as extract ...
Etienne van de Walle, Elisha P. Renne, 2001
2
Women's Bodies: A Social History of Women's Encounter With ...
Mixture" for women who had "obstructions" turned out on analysis to contain some "yellowish green substance closely resembling apiol."284 In 1910, Dolores C, a concierge in Oran, took thirty capsules of apiol upon finding herself pregnant .
Edward Shorter
3
Natural Sources of Flavourings
(E)-/so-myristicin 3.55%; (E)-/so-apiol 0.8%]; ester: alpha-terpinyl acetate 1.3% (1 ). ... crene D 2.2%, terpinolene 1.27%, alpha-pinene 1.0%, p- cymene 2.0%]; alkenyl benzenes [myristicin 39.26%, dill apiol 10.02%, parsley apiol 0.06%] (1).
‎2008
4
The New Healing Herbs: The Classic Guide to Nature's Best ...
Their main text, King's American Dispensatory (1898), chronicled the isolation of a chemical called apiol from parsley oil. It recommended apiol as a treatment for " menstrual derangements," although it also noted that high doses could cause ...
Michael Castleman, 2001
5
Phenylpropanoids: Alpha-Cyano-4-Hydroxycinnamic Acid, Apiol, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, 2013
6
Natural Liberty: Rediscovering Self-Induced Abortion Methods
In the United States, apiol prescription by doctors as an abortifacient was widespread in the early 1900's. The First World War spread the knowledge of the use of apiol for abortion into Europe. It is estimated by some scholars that millions of ...
‎2008
7
Aromatherapy Science: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals
Abortifacient and teratogenic oils Apiol When apiol (in dill) was studied in animals (Patoir et al., 1936) it was found that the largest doses (not stated) gave rise to bleeding and hepatonephritis as well as abortion (i.e. it was an overall poison).
Maria Lis-Balchin, 2006
8
The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology ...
Constituents The entire plant contains an essential oil consisting of myristicin, p- apiol (= parsley camphor), monoterpenes, and sesquiterpenes. The seeds contain the highest concentration of essential oil(2to 6%; average2.7%) (Czygan 1989, ...
Christian Rätsch, 2005
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Practical Sampling Techniques for Infrared Analysis
The comparison of this spectrum with those of myristicin and apiol indicate that, in this material, there is no evidence of an aliphatic methylene C-H stretch of the methylenedioxy group around 2775 cm '. However, there are peaks at 910, 990, ...
Patricia B. Coleman, 1993
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Herbal Medicine Past and Present: A reference guide to ...
7 Toward the end of the century, however, renewed enthusiasm in parsley emerged through interest in apiol (dimethoxysafrole) isolated from the volatile oil. Apiol was originally introduced to treat malaria because of a "fancied resemblance in ...
J. K. Crellin, A. L. Tommie Bass, 1990

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «APIOL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term apiol is used in the context of the following news items.
1
How to Do a Juice Detox Without Accidentally Killing Yourself
It's full of apiol, which causes uterine contractions. Before the advent of modern drugs, women used to take parsley to induce abortion. «Munchies_ Food by VICE, Jul 14»
2
6 Healthy Herbs That Might Be Growing in Your Backyard in Metro …
NYU's medical center says "Parsley's traditional use for inducing menstruation may be explained by evidence that apiol and myristicin, two ... «Phoenix New Times, Nov 13»
3
TX GOP Tries To Stop Sen. Wendy Davis' Heroic Filibuster to Kill …
... abortion though her pregnancy was diagnosed as life-threatening, Ruth Friedl attempted to self-abort by drinking a plant poison, ergot apiol. «PoliticusUSA, Jun 13»
4
Ravenous | In Praise of Parsley
The flavor of parsley, especially the flat-leaf variety, begins in the nose — the moment you bite down on those sturdy leaves they release apiol, ... «New York Times, Dec 11»
5
Natural Plant Extracts Seem Deadly to Formosan Termites
One compound, called apiol, was extracted from wild celery (Ligusticum hultenii), which is actually a member of the parsley family. The other ... «Agricultural Research, Apr 05»

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