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Chemical ID
CAROTENE
Ubiquitous
No
| Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliaria petiolata | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allium cepa | Flower | not available | 28.0 | not available | Krylova, M. I. 1967. Carotenoids in the Reproductive Organs of Fertile and Sterile Onion Plants, Allium cepa. Bot. ZH., 52(9): 1340-1341. |
| Anethum graveolens | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Avena sativa | Plant | 2.6 | 702.0 | 0.4 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| Avena sativa | Seed | 0.0 | 0.2 | -1.0 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| Catharanthus roseus | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Eleutherococcus senticosus | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ficus carica | Leaf | not available | 20.0 | -1.0 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Glycine max | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hippophae rhamnoides | Fruit | 300.0 | 400.0 | -0.4 | Abstract (See species file) |
| Hypericum perforatum | Seed | not available | 165.0 | 1.0 | Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp. |
| Juglans regia | Leaf | not available | 300.0 | -0.6 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Lycium chinense | Fruit | not available | 195.0 | -0.5 | Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
| Malva parviflora | Plant | not available | 25.0 | -1.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Panicum maximum | Leaf | 242.0 | 392.0 | -0.5 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Petroselinum crispum | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pueraria montana | Shoot | not available | 44.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Punica granatum | Fruit | 0.0 | 2.0 | -0.6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Rhizophora mangle | Leaf | not available | 6.0 | -1.0 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Robinia pseudoacacia | Leaf | not available | 2090.0 | 1.9 | Duke, 1992 * |