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

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.
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Activity Dosage Reference
Antipapillomic *
Antiphotophobic 30-300 mg/man/day Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiPMS *
Antiporphyric 30-300 mg/man/day Martindale's 28th
Antiproliferant Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipsoriac Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiradicular Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antirheumatic *
Antistress Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Breast) IC45=60 ug/ml *
Antitumor (CNS) IC43=45 ug/ml *
Antitumor (Colon) IC43=45 ug/ml *
Antitumor (Lung) IC30=60 ug/ml *
Antitumor (Prostate) *
Antitumor (Stomach) IC26=45 ug/ml *
Antiulcer 12 mg 3x/day/man/orl Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiulcer 15,000-25,000 IU/day *
Antixerophthalmic Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
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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
Allium schoenoprasum Leaf 34.0 475.0 0.9 *
Alocasia macrorrhiza Root *
Aloe spp. Leaf 0.2 31.0 -1.0 *
Aloe vera Leaf 3.0 -1.1 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Aloe vera Stem Essent. Oil 7.2 Rowe, T. D., Parks, L. M. 1941. A Phytochemical Study of Aloe vera Leaf. J. Amer. Pharm. Ass. Sci. Ed., 30: 262-266.
Alpinia galanga Rhizome 15.0 108.0 1.4 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Althaea officinalis Root *
Amaranthus sp. Leaf 0.0 508.0 1.1 *
Amaranthus spinosus Leaf 65.0 408.0 0.6 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Amorphophallus campanulatus Root 0.0 6.8 -0.4 *
Amorphophallus konjac Root *
Anacardium occidentale Fruit 7.6 53.0 0.0 *
Anacardium occidentale Leaf 6.0 20.0 -1.1 *
Anacardium occidentale Seed 0.0 0.6 -0.4 *
Ananas comosus Fruit 0.0 3.0 -0.1 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Angelica sinensis Root 0.3 1.2 -0.4 *
Annona cherimola Fruit 0.0 0.2 -0.2 *
Annona diversifolia Fruit 0.0 0.4 -0.2 *
Annona glabra Fruit 3.0 23.0 -0.1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Annona muricata Fruit 0.0 0.6 -0.1 *