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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PASTINACIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETROSELINDIOLEIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETROSELINIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 79580.0 | 132500.0 | -1.75 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETROSELINOLEIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Root | 400.0 | 7365.0 | 0.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PIMPINELLIN | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Root | 3300.0 | 40000.0 | 1.77 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Root | 12000.0 | 85000.0 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 150000.0 | 155000.0 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PSORALEN | 31 | Root | 7.1 | 10.5 | -0.89 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PUFA | 4 | Root | 470.0 | 2300.0 | -1.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PYRUVIC-CARBOXYLASE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Root | 0.5 | 4.0 | -0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUBIDIUM | 0 | Root | 0.6 | 10.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUTIN | 87 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELINIUM | 0 | Root | 0.0 | 0.0 | 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 * |