About Celery Seed
Celery seed (Apium graveolens) extract, marketed for blood pressure and gout. Small uncontrolled studies suggest a possible BP-lowering effect via 3-n-butylphthalide; rigorous RCTs are lacking.
What Celery Seed supports
- Studied for blood pressure (limited evidence)
How much Celery Seed to take
The RDA prevents deficiency. The effective range is what clinical trials used to actually move the outcome.
Effective
75–150
mg
Extract standardized to 3-n-butylphthalide used at ~75-150 mg twice daily in small BP studies.
Clinical evidence
Limited clinical evidence. Small uncontrolled studies only; rigorous RCTs lacking
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