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Common Names
Parsnip
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BORON | 4 | Root | 4.0 | 25.0 | 0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BROMINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CADMIUM | 3 | Root | 0.0 | 0.4 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Root | 315.0 | 3525.0 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Root | 17500.0 | 902000.0 | 0.92 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Root | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-ALLO-OCIMENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-BETA-OCIMENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Root | 0.8 | 12.0 | 0.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Root | 3000.0 | 24000.0 | 0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 173000.0 | 288000.0 | 0.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Root | 15000.0 | 97700.0 | 0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLUORINE | 0 | Root | not available | 0.1 | -0.81 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FOLACIN | 15 | Root | 0.6 | 3.6 | 0.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IMPERATORIN | 25 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IMPERATORIN | 25 | Root | not available | 1700.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IMPERATORIN | 25 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Plasmodicide | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Proliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prooxidant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 2 | Ferretti, A., Flanagan, V. P. 1996. Antithromboxane Activity of Dietary Alpha-linolenic Acid: A Pilot Study. Prostaglandins Leukotrienes Essential Fatty Acids, 54(6): 451-455. ARS, USDA. |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 1 | Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14. |
| Protisticide | 2 | Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105. |
| Psychoactive | 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. |
| PTK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Radioprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Renotoxic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Scabicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Schizophrenigenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Sedative | 6 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Serotoninergic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Soap | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Spasmogenic | 3 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Spermigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Stomachic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |