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
Smilax officinalis	Root	8.0	36.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Smilax spp	Root	8.0	36.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Solanum melongena	Fruit	0.0	6.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Solanum nigrum	Leaf	1.0	110.0	-0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Solanum quitoensis	Fruit	1.0	16.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Solanum sessiliflorum	Fruit	1.4	14.0	-0.1	Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
Solanum torvum	Fruit	4.0	27.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Solanum tuberosum	Tuber	not available	0.0	-0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Sonchus oleraceus	Leaf	14.0	545.0	1.2	Duke, 1992 *
Sorbus aucubaria	Plant	62.0	98.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Spinacia oleracea	Leaf	not available	32.5	-1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Spinacia oleracea	Plant	4.0	690.0	3.0	Duke, 1992 *
Spirulina pratensis	Plant	not available	478.0	1.9	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Spirulina spp.	Plant	not available	480.0	1.9	Duke, 1992 *
Spondias dulcis	Fruit	2.0	16.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Spondias mombin	Fruit	1.0	115.0	0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Spondias pinnata	Fruit	2.0	28.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Spondias purpurea	Fruit	0.6	9.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Stachys officinalis	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Stellaria media	Plant	4.0	43.0	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *