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
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 *

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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
Antihyperkeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiielus?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiimplantation	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiimpotence	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	21	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomniac?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiinsomnic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antijet-lag	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antileishmanic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th
Antileucodermic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.