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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
Peperomia pereskiifolia Leaf 138.0 920.0 2.9 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Pereskia aculeata Fruit 17.0 556.0 0.9 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Perideridia gairdneri Root 2.0 5.0 -0.4 Izadoost, M. & Robinson, T., Synergism & antagonism in the pharmacology of alkaloidal plants, pp 137-58 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds., Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture & Pharmacology, v. 2, 1987, 255pp.
Perilla frutescens Leaf 44.0 313.0 0.2 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Perilla frutescens Seed 7.0 66.0 3.7 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Persea americana Fruit 0.3 27.0 -0.1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Persea schiedeana Fruit 0.0 1.4 -0.1 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
Petasites japonicus Pt 0.0 0.5 -0.8 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Petroselinum crispum Shoot *
Petroselinum crispum Plant 12.0 154.0 0.1 *
Phaseolus coccineus Fruit 0.2 -0.2 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Phaseolus coccineus Seed 0.1 -0.4 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Phaseolus lunatus Seed 0.0 9.8 0.2 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Phaseolus lunatus Sprout Seedling 0.3 0.8 -0.5 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Phaseolus vulgaris Fruit 2.2 66.0 0.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Phaseolus vulgaris Leaf 32.4 245.5 -0.1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Phaseolus vulgaris Seed 0.1 9.8 0.2 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Phaseolus vulgaris Sprout Seedling 0.0 -1.1 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Phoenix dactylifera Fruit 1.0 3.6 -0.1 *
Phragmites australis Shoot 50.0 -0.5 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.