Chemical BETA-CAROTENE | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Chemical ID

BETACAROTENE

Ubiquitous

Yes

List of known dosages
Dosage	Reference
LD50=>1,000 mg/kg (orl rat)	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
PTD=15-30 mg/day
RDA=2.25-7.8 mg/day

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List of chemical activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Dosage	Reference
Allergenic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	not available	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacne	not available	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiaging	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	not available	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticancer	not available	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticarcinomic	not available	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticervicaldysplasic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoronary	50 mg/man/2 days	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkeratotic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antiichythyotic	not available	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antileukoplakic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	IC71=50 ug/ml	Duke, 1992 *
Antilupus	150 mg/man/day/2 mos	Martindale's 28th
Antimaculitic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antimastitic	not available	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimutagenic	not available	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antioxidant	not available	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiozenic	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of chemical plants.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Plant Name	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
Glycine max	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Glycine max	Plant	not available	0.3	-0.7	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Glycyrrhiza glabra	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Glycyrrhiza glabra	Seed	not available	5.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Gymnema sylvestre	Leaf	6.0	30.0	-1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Harpagophytum procumbens	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Helianthus annuus	Seed	0.0	0.3	-0.4	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Helianthus tuberosus	Tuber	0.0	6.0	1.4	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis	Leaf	75.0	750.0	2.1	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Hibiscus sabdariffa	Flower	1.0	9.0	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Hibiscus sabdariffa	Leaf	41.0	555.0	1.3	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Hippophae rhamnoides	Fruit	3.0	80.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Hordeum vulgare	Plant	149.0	660.0	2.8	Jim Duke's personal files.*
Hordeum vulgare	Seed	0.0	1.0	-0.4	Jim Duke's personal files.*
Hordeum vulgare	Stem	not available	312.0	1.4	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Humulus lupulus	Flower	0.5	2.4	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Humulus lupulus	Fruit	not available	2.4	-0.1	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Hydrangea arborescens	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Hydrastis canadensis	Root	0.8	3.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Hylocereus guatemalensis	Fruit	0.1	0.7	-0.1	Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.