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

Download these results as:

CSV

EXCEL

PDF

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.

Download these results as:

CSV

EXCEL

PDF

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
Pyrus communis	Fruit	0.2	1.7	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Quararibea cordata	Fruit	10.0	72.0	0.0	Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
Quercus alba	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Raphanus sativus	Fruit	0.3	26.2	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Raphanus sativus	Leaf	24.7	214.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Raphanus sativus	Root	0.0	1.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Rheum rhabarbarum	Leaf	0.3	5.0	-1.1	Duke, 1992 *
Rheum rhabarbarum	Pt	0.6	12.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Rhodymenia palmata	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Ribes nigrum	Fruit	1.0	8.0	-0.1	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Ribes rubrum	Fruit	0.3	4.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Ribes uva-crispa	Fruit	0.6	14.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Rosa canina	Fruit	8.0	42.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Rosa gallica	Flower	16.0	17.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Rosa rubiginosa	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Rosmarinus officinalis	Plant	19.0	21.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Rosmarinus officinalis	Leaf	15.0	55.0	-0.9	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Rubus idaeus	Fruit	0.1	7.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Rubus idaeus	Leaf	19.0	114.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Rumex acetosa	Leaf	77.0	1100.0	3.7	Duke, 1992 *