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	Seed	0.3	21.9	0.9	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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 *