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

Plant Daucus carota (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Carrot
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-6-HYDROXY-MELLEIN 0 Root *
(-)-6-METHOXY-MELLEIN 0 Root *
2-METHOXY-3-SEC-BUTYL-PYRAZINE 0 Root *
2-OCTANONE 0 Seed *
3'-NUCLEOTIDASE 0 Tissue Culture *
3,4-DIMETHOXY-ALLYL-BENZENE 0 Root *
3-METHOXY-4,5-METHYLENEDIOXY-PROPYL-BENZENE 0 Root *
4-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYLOXY)-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Seed 65.0 -0.72 *
4-HYDROXY-PROLINE 0 Plant *
4-METHYL-ISO-PROPENYL-BENZENE 0 Seed *
5,7-DIHYDROXY-2-METHYL-CHROMONE 0 Root *
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 10 Plant *
6-(GAMMA,GAMMA-DIMETHYL-ALLYL-AMINO)-PURINE 0 Tissue Culture *
6-HYDROXY-MELLEIN 0 Root *
6-METHOXY-MELLEIN 2 Root *
8-HYDROXY-6-METHOXY-3-METHYL-3,4-DIHYDRO-ISOCOUMARIN 0 Tissue Culture *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Root *
ACETONE 3 Root *
ACETYL-CHOLINE 19 Root *
ACORENONE 0 Seed *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 2 (View) 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.
(-)-Inotropic 2 (View) 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.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 7 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Abortifacient 2 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 6 (View) *
Acarifuge 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 7 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidifier 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant 2 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Addictive 1 (View) Science News, 145: 294.
Additive 2 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 21 (View) *
Allelochemic 10 (View) *