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To grow parsley one needs a deep pot in order to accommodate the long taproot. If grown indoors at least five hours of sunlight a day is required.
To grow parsley one needs a deep pot in order to accommodate the long taproot. If grown indoors at least five hours of sunlight a day is required.
Parsley owes it's distinctive flavor to apiol, a dimethoxy-methylenedioxy-allylbenzene. Apiol has been used in the illicit production of designer drugs.
Old wives tales and herbalists tout parsley as an aid to [[abortion]],<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12807304</ref> but this link is tenuous.
Old wives tales and herbalists tout parsley as an aid to [[abortion]],<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12807304</ref> but this link is tenuous.