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
Cucurbita pepo	Flower	12.0	240.0	3.1	Duke, 1992 *
Cucurbita pepo	Fruit	9.6	114.0	0.1	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Cucurbita pepo	Seed	2.0	2.5	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Cucurbita spp	Fruit	0.1	1.9	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Cuminum cyminum	Fruit	5.0	8.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Cuminum cyminum	Seed	5.0	8.0	0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Curcuma longa	Rhizome	not available	0.0	-0.7	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Curcuma longa	Plant	6.0	18.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba	Shoot	not available	11.0	-0.7	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba	Fruit	not available	2.0	-0.1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Cycas revoluta	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclanthera pedata	Fruit	0.3	82.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Cydonia oblonga	Fruit	0.0	16.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Cynara cardunculus	Flower	1.0	20.0	-0.3	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Cyphomandra betacea	Fruit	3.0	32.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Cyrtosperma chamissonis	Root	0.0	0.2	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Daucus carota	Root	27.0	673.0	3.9	Duke, 1992 *
Dioscorea alata	Root	0.0	0.2	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Dioscorea pentaphylla	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Dioscorea sp.	Root	not available	19.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *