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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFA | 0 | Root | 500.0 | 2445.0 | -0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Root | 2.0 | 50.0 | -0.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Root | 100.0 | 575.0 | -0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SPHONDIN | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Root | 140.0 | 685.0 | 0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUBERIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFUR | 14 | Root | 270.0 | 11050.0 | 2.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Root Essent. Oil | 253000.0 | 666000.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Root | 0.8 | 11.4 | 0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIPETROSELINENE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UMBELLIFERONE | 22 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VIT-B-6 | 0 | Root | 0.9 | 4.4 | -1.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Root | 724000.0 | 810000.0 | 0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| XANTHOTOXIN | 43 | Leaf | not available | 800.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| XANTHOTOXIN | 43 | Root | 26.0 | 1000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| XANTHOTOXOL | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZINC | 77 | Root | 5.0 | 70.0 | 2.01 | 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 * |