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Plant Pastinaca sativa (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Parsnip
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
IRON 6 Root 4.0 112.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
ISOBERGAPTEN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOIMPERATORIN 8 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOPIMPINELLIN 15 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN 11 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE-4-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIESS 0 Root 650.0 3664.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Root 0.0 0.1 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Root 410.0 2000.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed not available 36330.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 230.0 2100.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 2.0 33.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY 1 Root 0.0 0.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Root 0.1 0.5 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
MUFA 13 Root 1120.0 5470.0 1.30 Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Root 30.0 145.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Root Essent. Oil 183000.0 662000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antibacillary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 13 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinomic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.