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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
Annona reticulata Fruit 0.0 0.2 -0.2 *
Annona squamosa Fruit 0.0 0.2 -0.2 *
Apium graveolens Seed 7.5 36.0 1.8 *
Apium graveolens Fruit 8.0 36.0 -0.1 *
Apium graveolens Pt 1.0 144.0 1.4 *
Arachis hypogaea Leaf 77.0 360.0 0.4 *
Arachis hypogaea Seed 0.0 0.3 -0.4 *
Arctium lappa Root 11.0 45.0 -0.1 *
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Leaf 20.0 172.0 -0.4 *
Areca catechu Plant *
Armoracia rusticana Root 27.0 150.0 0.5 *
Arracacia xanthorrhiza Root 1.1 3.8 -0.4 *
Artemisia absinthium Leaf 500.0 1.0 *
Artemisia dracunculus Leaf 2.0 74.0 -0.8 *
Artemisia vulgaris Leaf 21.0 168.0 -0.4 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Artocarpus altilis Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.2 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
Artocarpus altilis Seed 3.0 6.0 -0.1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Artocarpus heterophyllus Fruit 0.2 8.0 -0.1 *
Asimina triloba Fruit 0.4 2.5 -0.1 *
Asparagus officinalis Root 6.5 65.0 0.0 *