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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
N-HEPTACOSANE 0 Seed *
N-HEXACOSANE 2 Seed *
N-NONACOSANE 1 Seed *
N-NONADECANE 0 Seed *
N-OCTACOSANE 0 Seed *
N-OCTADECANE 0 Seed *
N-OCTYL-ALCOHOL 0 Seed *
N-TRIACONTANE 0 Seed *
NIACIN 39 Root 2.0 34.0 -0.47 *
NICKEL 3 Root 0.0 1.6 -0.27 *
NITROGEN 0 Root 3000.0 33160.0 0.64 *
OCTYL-BUTYRATE 0 Plant *
OCTYL-PROPIONATE 0 Plant *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 1020.0 158000.0 0.32 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Root 205.0 -0.53 *
P-CYMENE 16 Root *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Root 300.0 1730.0 -0.32 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 1730.0 2880.0 -0.64 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Root 30.0 145.0 -0.66 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Root 6.0 29.0 1.66 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Lipolytic 4 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lithogenic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 *
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lymphocytogenic 1 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor 2 *
MAO-B-Inhibitor 1 *
MAO-Inhibitor 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
Melaninogenic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Melatoninogenic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Memorigenic 1 *
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *
Molluscicide 4 *
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th