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.
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Plant Name	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
Annona reticulata	Fruit	0.0	0.2	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Annona squamosa	Fruit	0.0	0.2	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Apium graveolens	Pt	1.0	144.0	1.4	Duke, 1992 *
Apium graveolens	Fruit	8.0	36.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Apium graveolens	Seed	7.5	36.0	1.8	Duke, 1992 *
Arachis hypogaea	Leaf	77.0	360.0	0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Arachis hypogaea	Seed	0.0	0.3	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Arctium lappa	Root	11.0	45.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	Leaf	20.0	172.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Areca catechu	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Armoracia rusticana	Root	27.0	150.0	0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Arracacia xanthorrhiza	Root	1.1	3.8	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Artemisia absinthium	Leaf	not available	500.0	1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Artemisia dracunculus	Leaf	2.0	74.0	-0.8	Duke, 1992 *
Artemisia vulgaris	Leaf	21.0	168.0	-0.4	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Artocarpus altilis	Seed	3.0	6.0	-0.1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Artocarpus altilis	Fruit	0.0	0.1	-0.2	Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
Artocarpus heterophyllus	Fruit	0.2	8.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Asimina triloba	Fruit	0.4	2.5	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Asparagus officinalis	Shoot	0.3	120.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *