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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
IRON 6 Root 4.0 112.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
ISOBERGAPTEN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOIMPERATORIN 8 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOPIMPINELLIN 15 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN 11 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE-4-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIESS 0 Root 650.0 3664.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Root 0.0 0.1 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Root 410.0 2000.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed not available 36330.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 230.0 2100.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 2.0 33.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY 1 Root 0.0 0.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Root 0.1 0.5 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
MUFA 13 Root 1120.0 5470.0 1.30 Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Root 30.0 145.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Root Essent. Oil 183000.0 662000.0 1.00 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
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).