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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 BETA-CAROTENE

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Chemid
BETACAROTENE
A list of known dosages for BETA-CAROTENE
Dosage*Reference
RDA=2.25-7.8 mg/day *
PTD=15-30 mg/day *
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).
Ubiquitous
Yes

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Plant Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
Acacia decurrens Plant -- -- -- *
Acacia farnesiana Leaf 120.0 646.0 1.7 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Acacia nilotica Plant -- -- -- *
Achillea millefolium Plant -- -- -- *
Actaea racemosa Root -- 2.4 -0.4 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Actinidia chinensis Fruit 0.4 6.0 -0.1 *
Aegle marmelos Fruit 0.5 1.3 -0.1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Aglaonema commutatum Fruit -- -- -- Wealth of India.
Aleurites moluccana Seed -- 0.0 -0.4 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Allium ampeloprasum Flower 25.0 151.0 1.7 *
Allium ampeloprasum Leaf 0.2 230.0 -0.1 *
Allium ampeloprasum Root 0.2 1.8 -0.4 *
Allium cepa Bulb 0.0 52.0 1.0 *
Allium cepa Flower -- 28.0 -0.2 *
Allium cepa Leaf 12.0 158.0 -0.4 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Allium sativum var. sativum Bulb 0.0 0.2 -1.0 *
Allium sativum var. sativum Flower 0.6 5.0 -0.5 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Allium sativum var. sativum Leaf 9.0 68.0 -0.8 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Allium sativum var. sativum Shoot 2.0 9.0 -0.7 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Allium sativum var. sativum Root 0.1 0.2 -0.4 *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.