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
BORON	4	Root	4.0	25.0	0.04	Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Root	0.0	0.4	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	315.0	3525.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Root	17500.0	902000.0	0.92	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Root	0.0	0.1	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ALLO-OCIMENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Root	0.8	12.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Root	3000.0	24000.0	0.04	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	173000.0	288000.0	0.12	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Root	15000.0	97700.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE	0	Root	not available	0.1	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN	15	Root	0.6	3.6	0.11	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IMPERATORIN	25	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IMPERATORIN	25	Root	not available	1700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IMPERATORIN	25	Seed	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
Antineurotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinicotinic	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antinitrosaminic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antionychyotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant	15	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontal	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).