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Plant Pastinaca sativa (Apiaceae)

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
N-HEPTACOSANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXACOSANE 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-NONACOSANE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-NONADECANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-OCTACOSANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-OCTADECANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-OCTYL-ALCOHOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRIACONTANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Root 2.0 34.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Root 0.0 1.6 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN 0 Root 3000.0 33160.0 0.64 Duke, 1992 *
OCTYL-BUTYRATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTYL-PROPIONATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 1020.0 158000.0 0.32 Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Root not available 205.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Root 300.0 1730.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 1730.0 2880.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Root 30.0 145.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Root 6.0 29.0 1.66 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadrenalinic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaflatoxin 5 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 9 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antiaging 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 5 Martindale's 28th
Antialzheimeran 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.