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
5-ALPHA-ANDROST-16-EN-3-ONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN	10	Root	not available	7.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Root	30.0	145.0	-0.78	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Root	1.0	35.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
ANGELICIN	17	Root	not available	34.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
APTERIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Root	not available	0.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	160.0	830.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Root	9800.0	90000.0	0.64	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	not available	12000.0	-1.08	Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN	26	Root	3.2	3800.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN	26	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE	6	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	0.2	1.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-TRANS-FARNESENE	0	Root	not available	not available	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
Antiglycosuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotropic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey	1	Martindale's 29th
AntiGTF	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihelicobacter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatotoxic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	11	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic	1	Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihypercholesterolemic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.