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

Plant Pastinaca sativa (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Parsnip
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
5-ALPHA-ANDROST-16-EN-3-ONE 0 Root *
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 10 Root 7.3 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Root 30.0 145.0 -0.78 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Root *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Root *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Root *
ALUMINUM 5 Root 1.0 35.0 -0.29 *
ANGELICIN 17 Root 34.0 -1.00 *
APTERIN 0 Root *
ARSENIC 2 Root 0.0 -0.21 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 160.0 830.0 -0.17 *
ASH 0 Root 9800.0 90000.0 0.64 *
ASH 0 Seed 12000.0 -1.08 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Root 3.2 3800.0 1.41 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Seed *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Root *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 0.2 1.0 -0.43 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Root *
BETA-PINENE 13 Root *
BETA-TRANS-FARNESENE 0 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Acaricide 4 (View) *
Acarifuge 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 4 (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.
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 8 (View) *
Allelochemic 5 (View) 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 (View) 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 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Amphetaminagenic 1 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 6 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *