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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 * |