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
Asparagus officinalis	Root	6.5	65.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Astragalus membranaceus	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Avena sativa	Plant	16.0	72.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Averrhoa bilimbi	Fruit	0.4	14.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Averrhoa carambola	Fruit	0.0	75.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Bactris gasipaes	Fruit	0.5	55.0	0.0	Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
Basella alba	Leaf	48.0	695.0	1.9	Duke, 1992 *
Benincasa hispida	Fruit	0.0	2.5	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Berberis vulgaris	Root	not available	0.0	-0.4	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Berberis vulgaris	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Berberis vulgaris	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
Bertholletia excelsa	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.4	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Beta vulgaris	Root	0.0	438.0	2.4	Duke, 1992 *
Bixa orellana	Fruit	0.9	113.0	0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Blighia sapida	Aril	5.5	18.0	1.0	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Boehmeria nivea	Leaf	52.0	403.0	0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Borago officinalis	Leaf	25.0	360.0	0.4	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Brassica chinensis	Leaf	18.0	385.0	0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Brassica napus var. napobrassica	Root	not available	0.0	-0.4	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Brassica nigra	Leaf	29.0	475.0	0.9	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)