Plant Pastinaca sativa (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Parsnip

How this plant is used

Food

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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
5-ALPHA-ANDROST-16-EN-3-ONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN	10	Root	not available	7.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Root	30.0	145.0	-0.78	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Root	1.0	35.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
ANGELICIN	17	Root	not available	34.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
APTERIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Root	not available	0.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	160.0	830.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Root	9800.0	90000.0	0.64	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	not available	12000.0	-1.08	Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN	26	Root	3.2	3800.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN	26	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE	6	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	0.2	1.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-TRANS-FARNESENE	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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	4	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	8	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	5	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic	1	Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphetaminagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *