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Plant Pastinaca sativa (Apiaceae)

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
N-HEPTACOSANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXACOSANE 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-NONACOSANE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-NONADECANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-OCTACOSANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-OCTADECANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-OCTYL-ALCOHOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRIACONTANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Root 2.0 34.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Root 0.0 1.6 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN 0 Root 3000.0 33160.0 0.64 Duke, 1992 *
OCTYL-BUTYRATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTYL-PROPIONATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 1020.0 158000.0 0.32 Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Root not available 205.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Root 300.0 1730.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 1730.0 2880.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Root 30.0 145.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Root 6.0 29.0 1.66 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
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.