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Plant Daucus carota (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Carrot
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CYANIDIN-3,5-DIGALACTOSIDE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-(SINAPOYL-XYLOSYL-GLUCOSYL)-GALACTOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GALACTOSIDE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOGALACTOSIDE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 1 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-DIGLYCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTEINE 13 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Root 80.0 655.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCOSE 1 Root not available 80000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
DAUCARIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAUCENE 0 Seed not available 200.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
DAUCIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAUCINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOL 0 Seed 60.0 1960.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOL 0 Shoot not available 535.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEC-2-EN-1-AL 0 Root not available 1.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
DECA-TRANS-2,TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DECA-TRANS-2,TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiarthritic 15 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasphyctic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 11 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiasthmatic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiataxic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiatherogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 13 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 52 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibiotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antibronchoconstrictor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibrucellosic 1 Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
Anticalculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 13 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Bladder) 1 Duke, 1992 *