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
BORON	4	Root	4.0	25.0	0.04	Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Root	0.0	0.4	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	315.0	3525.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Root	17500.0	902000.0	0.92	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Root	0.0	0.1	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ALLO-OCIMENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Root	0.8	12.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Root	3000.0	24000.0	0.04	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	173000.0	288000.0	0.12	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Root	15000.0	97700.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE	0	Root	not available	0.1	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN	15	Root	0.6	3.6	0.11	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IMPERATORIN	25	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IMPERATORIN	25	Root	not available	1700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IMPERATORIN	25	Seed	not available	not available	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
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 *