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
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)
Viscum album	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Vitis vinifera	Fruit	0.5	2.1	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Vitis vinifera	Stem	not available	43.0	-0.6	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Leaf	33.0	327.0	0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Root	0.0	0.6	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Yucca baccata	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Zea mays	Seed	0.5	2.5	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Zea mays	Silk Stigma Style	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Zingiber officinale	Rhizome	0.0	4.0	-0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Zingiber officinale	Root	0.1	1.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Zizyphus jujuba	Fruit	0.2	700.0	1.2	Duke, 1992 *
Zizyphus spina-christi	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *