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Plant Pastinaca sativa (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Parsnip
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
N-HEPTACOSANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXACOSANE 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-NONACOSANE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-NONADECANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-OCTACOSANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-OCTADECANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-OCTYL-ALCOHOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRIACONTANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Root 2.0 34.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Root 0.0 1.6 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN 0 Root 3000.0 33160.0 0.64 Duke, 1992 *
OCTYL-BUTYRATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTYL-PROPIONATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 1020.0 158000.0 0.32 Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Root not available 205.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Root 300.0 1730.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 1730.0 2880.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Root 30.0 145.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Root 6.0 29.0 1.66 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *