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
Vaccinium corymbosum	Fruit	0.6	3.9	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Vaccinium macrocarpon	Fruit	0.2	2.6	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Vaccinium myrtillus	Fruit	4.0	47.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Vaccinium vitis-idaea	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Valeriana officinalis	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Valeriana officinalis	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Verbascum thapsus	Leaf	19.0	43.0	-1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Verbena officinalis	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Viburnum opulus	Fruit	not available	6400.0	12.2	Duke, 1992 *
Vicia faba	Fruit	0.1	0.6	-0.1	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Vicia faba	Seed	2.1	11.0	0.3	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Vigna aconitifolia	Seed	not available	0.2	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Vigna angularis	Seed	0.1	0.9	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Vigna mungo	Seed	0.2	0.5	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Vigna radiata	Seed	0.9	1.2	-0.4	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Vigna radiata	Sprout Seedling	0.1	1.4	0.1	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Vigna subterranea	Seed	0.0	0.1	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Vigna unguiculata	Shoot	0.7	6.9	-0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Vigna unguiculata	Seed	0.3	21.9	0.9	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Vigna unguiculata	Shoot	0.7	6.9	-0.7	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)