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
Hylocereus undatus	Fruit	not available	0.0	-0.2	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Hypericum perforatum	Shoot	not available	12.1	-0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Inga edulis	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.4	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Inga feuillei	Aril	not available	0.0	-1.0	J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995
Inula helenium	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Ipomoea aquatica	Leaf	28.0	500.0	1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Ipomoea batatas	Leaf	1.8	345.0	0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Ipomoea batatas	Root	0.1	476.0	2.6	Duke, 1992 *
Iris x germanica	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Juglans nigra	Seed	1.0	2.0	-0.3	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Juglans nigra	Fruit	not available	0.6	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Juglans nigra	Pericarp	not available	0.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Juglans nigra	Hull Husk	not available	0.6	-1.3	Duke, 1992 *
Juglans regia	Seed	0.0	1.0	-0.4	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Juniperus communis	Fruit	4.0	12.2	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Justicia pectoralis	Leaf	27.0	178.0	-0.4	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Lablab purpureus	Seed	0.7	5.4	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Lactuca sativa	Leaf	11.0	190.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Lagenaria siceraria	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Larrea tridentata	Plant	45.0	138.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *