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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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BETA-CAROTENE

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.
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Activity Dosage Reference
Antipapillomic *
Antiphotophobic 30-300 mg/man/day Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiPMS *
Antiporphyric 30-300 mg/man/day Martindale's 28th
Antiproliferant Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipsoriac Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiradicular Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antirheumatic *
Antistress Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor 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 *
Antitumor (CNS) IC43=45 ug/ml *
Antitumor (Colon) IC43=45 ug/ml *
Antitumor (Lung) IC30=60 ug/ml *
Antitumor (Prostate) *
Antitumor (Stomach) IC26=45 ug/ml *
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 *
Antixerophthalmic 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
Citrus sinensis Pericarp Jim Duke's personal files.
Citrus sinensis Fruit 1.0 28.0 -0.1 *
Cnicus benedictus Plant 18.0 133.0 0.0 *
Cnidoscolus chayamansa Leaf 60.0 425.0 0.7 *
Coccinia grandis Fruit 15.6 226.0 0.3 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Coffea arabica Leaf 20.0 25.0 -1.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Coix lacryma-jobi Seed 0.0 -0.4 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Cola acuminata Seed 1.0 -0.4 *
Colocasia esculenta Leaf 18.0 298.0 0.2 *
Colocasia esculenta Root 0.0 0.8 -0.4 *
Corchorus olitorius Leaf 33.0 495.0 1.0 *
Coriandrum sativum Leaf 29.0 228.0 -0.1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Coriandrum sativum Seed 0.0 -0.4 *
Corylus avellana Seed 0.0 0.4 -0.4 *
Crataegus laevigata Fruit 1.4 5.0 -0.1 *
Crataegus rhipidophylla Fruit 5.4 -0.1 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Crescentia alata Seed 0.2 -0.4 *
Crocus sativus Silk Stigma Style *
Cucumis melo Fruit 0.2 201.0 0.2 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Cucumis sativus Fruit 0.3 8.0 -0.1 *