Comment · Sun, June 26, 2022 · ND Owner
Lab Testing Results: Dried Parsley
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MisterYouAreSoDumb · 88 points
So about a month ago there was a discussion about dried parsley and how it was a superior apigenin supplement.
You can see that some studies were linked talking about how much apigenin was in dried parsley. Some of the higher numbers seemed unlikely to me, but I figure the only way to really know would be to test it ourselves in the lab. My lab director went to Fry's Food And Drug here in town, and we purchased Kroger brand dried parsley. The hunt for apigenin was on!
Here is the product in question: https://imgur.com/a/CD7Gc1e
I want to preface this by saying I am making no qualitative claims to the efficacy of Kroger's dried parsley flakes. I know some people may have had good results from consuming an entire can of these flakes, and I don't want to discount their experiences. Neither Fry's Food nor the Kroger corporation participated in this research. I've had these results for a few weeks, but I have held off on releasing…
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harryhippo · 24 points
but was there any turkesterone?!?
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
Surprisingly, yes. The Kroger dried parsley flakes are riddled with turkesterone! I hear Kroger gets their raw parsley from a small village in Turkmenistan called Khodzhapil. It's actually on the old Silk Road route from China. These days it is more of a parsley road. Parsley has grown wild there for thousands of years. Being so close to Uzbekistan, it's possible that parsley/Ajuga turkestanica plant hybrids have formed in the mountains near Khodzhapil.