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.
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Plant Name	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
Vaccinium corymbosum	Fruit	0.6	3.9	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Vaccinium macrocarpon	Fruit	0.2	2.6	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Vaccinium myrtillus	Fruit	4.0	47.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Vaccinium vitis-idaea	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Valeriana officinalis	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Valeriana officinalis	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Verbascum thapsus	Leaf	19.0	43.0	-1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Verbena officinalis	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Viburnum opulus	Fruit	not available	6400.0	12.2	Duke, 1992 *
Vicia faba	Fruit	0.1	0.6	-0.1	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Vicia faba	Seed	2.1	11.0	0.3	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Vigna aconitifolia	Seed	not available	0.2	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Vigna angularis	Seed	0.1	0.9	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Vigna mungo	Seed	0.2	0.5	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Vigna radiata	Seed	0.9	1.2	-0.4	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Vigna radiata	Sprout Seedling	0.1	1.4	0.1	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Vigna subterranea	Seed	0.0	0.1	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Vigna unguiculata	Fruit	1.5	72.0	0.0	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Vigna unguiculata	Seed	not available	0.3	-0.4	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Vigna unguiculata	Shoot	0.7	6.9	-0.7	Duke, 1992 *