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
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.