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Plant Pastinaca sativa (Apiaceae)

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
PASTINACIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINDIOLEIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Seed 79580.0 132500.0 -1.75 Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINOLEIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root 400.0 7365.0 0.68 Duke, 1992 *
PIMPINELLIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Root 3300.0 40000.0 1.77 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Root 12000.0 85000.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 150000.0 155000.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
PSORALEN 31 Root 7.1 10.5 -0.89 Duke, 1992 *
PUFA 4 Root 470.0 2300.0 -1.16 Duke, 1992 *
PYRUVIC-CARBOXYLASE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 4 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Root 0.5 4.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Root 0.6 10.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE 5 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SELINIUM 0 Root 0.0 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hepatoprotective 9 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 210.
Hepatotoxic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 4 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Histaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypertensive 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypertrichotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypnotic 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Hypocholesterolemic 12 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 14 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Hypothermic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 8 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 5 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th