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
Antipapillomic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antiphotophobic	30-300 mg/man/day	Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic	not available	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiPMS	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antiporphyric	30-300 mg/man/day	Martindale's 28th
Antiproliferant	not available	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipsoriac	not available	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiradicular	not available	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antirheumatic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antistress	not available	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor	not available	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	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	IC43=45 ug/ml	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	IC43=45 ug/ml	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	IC30=60 ug/ml	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	IC26=45 ug/ml	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antixerophthalmic	not available	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.

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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	0.0	11.3	0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Glycine max	Sprout Seedling	0.2	3.5	1.8	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	Fruit	not available	2.4	-0.1	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Humulus lupulus	Flower	0.5	2.4	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
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.