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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 *
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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
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 *