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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
5-ALPHA-ANDROST-16-EN-3-ONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 10 Root not available 7.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Root 30.0 145.0 -0.78 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Root 1.0 35.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
ANGELICIN 17 Root not available 34.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
APTERIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Root not available 0.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 160.0 830.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Root 9800.0 90000.0 0.64 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed not available 12000.0 -1.08 Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Root 3.2 3800.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 0.2 1.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-TRANS-FARNESENE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchoprotectant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bufocide 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 9 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 26 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 4 Martindale's 28th
Candidistat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 2 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 4 Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu
Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
Carcinogenic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 8 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 4 Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 5 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Cholesterolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *