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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Mutagenic	6	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Myoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide	4	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neuroprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic	1	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Neurotransmitter	1	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic	1	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oviposition-Stimulant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Oxytocic	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Ozone-Scavenger	1	Duke, 1992 *