Chemical BETA-CAROTENE | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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
Vigna unguiculata	Shoot	0.7	6.9	-0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Vigna unguiculata	Shoot	0.7	6.9	-0.7	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Viscum album	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Vitis vinifera	Fruit	0.5	2.1	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Vitis vinifera	Stem	not available	43.0	-0.6	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Leaf	33.0	327.0	0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Root	0.0	0.6	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Yucca baccata	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Zea mays	Seed	0.5	2.5	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Zea mays	Silk Stigma Style	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Zingiber officinale	Rhizome	0.0	4.0	-0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Zingiber officinale	Root	0.1	1.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Zizyphus jujuba	Fruit	0.2	700.0	1.2	Duke, 1992 *
Zizyphus spina-christi	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *