Plant Pastinaca sativa (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
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 *

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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
Antithyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic	2	Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitubercular	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	7	Duke, 1992 *