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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
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 *
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
Cytotoxic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic (Breast) 3 Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219.
Cytotoxic (Colon) 3 Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219.
Cytotoxic (Lung) 2 Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Deodorant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 10 Duke, 1992 *
DME-Inhibitor 3 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134.
Emetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Ergogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.