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Common Names
Parsnip
How this plant is used
Food
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseborrheic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiseptic | 9 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiserotonin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antisilicotic | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antispare-Tire | 1 | 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 |
| Antispasmodic | 19 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| AntiSpina-Bifida | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistaphylococcic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antistreptococcic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistress | 5 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistroke | 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 |
| Antisunburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisyndrome-X | 5 | 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 |
| Antithiamin | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69. |
| Antithrombic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithrombogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |