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	15,000-25,000 IU/day	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).
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
Vigna unguiculata	Seed	not available	0.3	-0.4	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Vigna unguiculata	Shoot	0.7	6.9	-0.7	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Viscum album	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Vitis vinifera	Fruit	0.5	2.1	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Vitis vinifera	Stem	not available	43.0	-0.6	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Leaf	33.0	327.0	0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Root	0.0	0.6	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Yucca baccata	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Zea mays	Seed	0.5	2.5	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Zea mays	Silk Stigma Style	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Zingiber officinale	Root	0.1	1.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Zingiber officinale	Rhizome	0.0	4.0	-0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Zizyphus jujuba	Fruit	0.2	700.0	1.2	Duke, 1992 *
Zizyphus spina-christi	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *