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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
Cancer-Preventive 22 ppm Jim Duke's personal files.
Chemopreventive *
Colorant 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 *
COX-2-Inhibitor IC82=50 ug/ml *
Gastroprotective *
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 *
Mucogenic Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phagocytotic Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prooxidant 20 ug/g *
Thymoprotective Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Ubiquiot 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.
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Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Lens culinaris Seed 16.0 0.6 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Lens culinaris Sprout Seedling 0.3 1.0 -0.3 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Lepidium sativum Leaf 20.0 526.0 1.2 *
Licania platypus Fruit 1.6 7.7 -0.1 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
Linum usitatissimum Seed 0.0 0.3 -0.4 *
Lobelia inflata Leaf 6.0 54.0 -0.9 *
Luffa aegyptiaca Fruit 1.2 34.0 -0.1 *
Luffa aegyptiaca Leaf 92.0 933.0 2.9 *
Lupinus mutabilis Fruit 0.3 1.0 -0.1 *
Lupinus mutabilis Seed 1.3 1.5 -0.3 *
Lycium barbarum Fruit 75.0 90.0 0.0 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Lycium chinense Leaf 44.0 428.0 0.7 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Lycopersicon esculentum Fruit 7.0 113.0 0.1 *
Lycopodium selago Plant *
Macadamia spp Seed 0.0 -0.4 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Malpighia glabra Fruit 3.0 69.0 0.0 *
Malus domestica Fruit 0.0 76.0 0.0 *
Malva sylvestris Leaf 33.0 390.0 0.6 *
Mammea americana Fruit 0.4 24.0 -0.1 *
Mangifera indica Fruit 11.0 96.0 0.0 *