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
Phyllanthus acidus	Fruit	0.0	8.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Phyllanthus emblica	Fruit	0.0	4.0	-0.1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Physalis ixocarpa	Fruit	0.5	6.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Physalis peruviana	Fruit	0.1	84.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Phytolacca americana	Shoot	52.0	621.0	2.1	Duke, 1992 *
Pimenta dioica	Fruit	not available	4.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Pimenta dioica	Leaf	103.0	120.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Pinus cembroides	Seed	0.1	0.2	-0.4	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Pinus sylvestris	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Piper auritum	Leaf	34.0	193.0	-0.3	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Piper betel	Leaf	19.0	175.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Piper nigrum	Fruit	0.1	0.1	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Pistacia vera	Seed	1.4	1.5	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Pisum sativum	Seed	3.6	18.2	0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Pisum sativum	Fruit	0.8	8.3	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Plantago major	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Plantago psyllium	Hull Husk	not available	24.0	1.1	Duke, 1992 *
Plantago psyllium	Seed	5.0	24.0	1.1	Duke, 1992 *
Platycodon grandiflorum	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Plectranthus amboinicus	Leaf	10.0	175.0	-0.4	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses