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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
IRON	6	Root	4.0	112.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBERGAPTEN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOIMPERATORIN	8	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOPIMPINELLIN	15	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN	11	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE-4-RHAMNOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIESS	0	Root	650.0	3664.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Root	0.0	0.1	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Root	410.0	2000.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	not available	36330.0	-0.61	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Root	230.0	2100.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Root	2.0	33.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Root	0.0	0.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Root	0.1	0.5	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
MUFA	13	Root	1120.0	5470.0	1.30	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Root	30.0	145.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN	31	Root Essent. Oil	183000.0	662000.0	1.00	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 *