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
Cancer-Preventive	22 ppm	Jim Duke's personal files.
Chemopreventive	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor	IC78=50 ug/ml	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	IC82=50 ug/ml	Duke, 1992 *
Gastroprotective	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	180 mg/man/day/orl	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interferon-Synergist	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Mucogenic	not available	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phagocytotic	not available	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prooxidant	20 ug/g	Duke, 1992 *
Thymoprotective	not available	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Ubiquiot	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.

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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
Eugenia uniflora	Fruit	9.0	101.0	0.0	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Eupatorium perfoliatum	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Euphrasia officinalis	Plant	11.0	73.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Ficus carica	Fruit	0.3	16.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Foeniculum vulgare	Seed	0.1	0.9	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Foeniculum vulgare	Fruit	0.0	1.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Foeniculum vulgare	Plant	21.0	241.0	0.6	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Fragaria spp	Fruit	0.1	7.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Frangula alnus	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Frangula purshiana	Bark	13.0	46.0	2.1	Duke, 1992 *
Fucus vesiculosus	Plant	5.0	40.0	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Garcinia mangostana	Fruit	not available	0.0	-0.2	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Gentiana lutea	Root	9.0	39.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Ginkgo biloba	Leaf	7.2	30.0	-1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Ginkgo biloba	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
Ginkgo biloba	Seed	1.0	4.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Gliricidia sepium	Flower	0.7	5.0	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Glycine max	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Glycine max	Fruit	4.1	13.4	-0.1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Glycine max	Plant	not available	0.3	-0.7	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses