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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.
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
SFA 0 Root 500.0 2445.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Root 2.0 50.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Root 100.0 575.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
SPHONDIN 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Root 140.0 685.0 0.76 Duke, 1992 *
SUBERIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Root 270.0 11050.0 2.46 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Root Essent. Oil 253000.0 666000.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Root 0.8 11.4 0.42 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIPETROSELINENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6 0 Root 0.9 4.4 -1.53 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Root 724000.0 810000.0 0.27 Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN 43 Leaf not available 800.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN 43 Root 26.0 1000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXOL 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Root 5.0 70.0 2.01 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 8 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide-Synergist 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insectifuge 11 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 2 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinogenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Interferon-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 9 Duke, 1992 *
JNK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional 2 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Keratolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Larvicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Larvistat 2 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative 6 Duke, 1992 *
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95