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
Canna indica	Root	0.1	0.3	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Cannabis sativa	Seed	0.0	0.1	-0.4	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Capsella bursa-pastoris	Plant	2.6	22.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Capsicum annuum	Fruit	25.0	95.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Capsicum frutescens	Fruit	1.0	38.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Carica papaya	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Carica papaya	Leaf	116.0	514.0	1.1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Carica papaya	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
Carica papaya	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
Carica pentagona	Fruit	0.6	9.0	-0.1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Carthamus tinctorius	Flower	13.0	90.0	0.8	Duke, 1992 *
Carum carvi	Fruit	not available	2.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Carum carvi	Seed	not available	2.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Carya illinoensis	Seed	0.1	0.8	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Casimiroa edulis	Fruit	0.3	2.4	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Catha edulis	Leaf	not available	18.0	-1.1	Duke, 1992 *
Caulophyllum thalictroides	Root	2.6	24.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Centella asiatica	Leaf	40.0	369.0	0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Chamaemelum nobile	Flower	not available	2.2	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Chenopodium album	Leaf	71.0	316.0	0.2	Duke, 1992 *