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
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
Antialzheimeran?	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antianginal	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiapertif	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiapoplectic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiappetant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	11	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	6	Duke, 1992 *