botanical record · discovered
Carrot
Daucus carota
Carrot · Almindelig Brandbæger · Anonévee'tose · Azenario · Cairéad · Carota selvatica · Carotte batarde · Carotte commune · Carotte commune, Carotte · Carotte sauvage · Carotte sauvage, Carotte commune, Daucus carotte · Carottes · Carottes communes
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Turkey, China, UK, US, USSR, Mexico, Haiti, US(CA)
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Abortifacient, Aperient, Apertif, Aphrodisiac
Science studied: ACETALDEHYDE, ACETONE, ACORENONE, ESCULETIN
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Apiaceae
Scientific name: Daucus carota
Common names: Carrot, Almindelig Brandbæger, Anonévee'tose, Azenario, Cairéad, Carota selvatica, Carotte batarde, Carotte commune, Carotte commune, Carotte, Carotte sauvage, Carotte sauvage, Carotte commune, Daucus carotte, Carottes, Carottes communes
History
The source record documents this plant in Turkey, China, UK, Elsewhere, US, USSR, Mexico, Haiti and 10 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Abortifacient
- Aperient
- Apertif
- Aphrodisiac
- Bladder
- Bruise
- Cancer
- Cancer(Breast)
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- Carminative
- Chest
- Coffee
- Deobstruent
- Diarrhea
- Diuretic
- Dropsy
- Dysentery
- Kidney
- Leukemia
- Nervine
- Rejuvenation
- Sore
- Stomachic
- Tonic
- Tumor
- Uterus
- Vermifuge
- Intestine
- Malaria
- Ache(Foot)
- Antiseptic
- Blood
- Colic
- Cough
- Liver
- Psychedelic
- Stimulant
- Stomach
- Stone
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Turkey
- China
- UK
- Elsewhere
- US
- USSR
- Mexico
- Haiti
- US(CA)
- Europe
- Belgium
- Iraq
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- Kurdistan
- Germany
- Dominican Republic
- US(Amerindian)
- Spain
- Chile
Documented cultural uses
- Abortifacient
- Aperient
- Apertif
- Aphrodisiac
- Bladder
- Bruise
- Cancer
- Cancer(Breast)
- Carminative
- Chest
- Coffee
- Deobstruent
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- Diarrhea
- Diuretic
- Dropsy
- Dysentery
- Kidney
- Leukemia
- Nervine
- Rejuvenation
- Sore
- Stomachic
- Tonic
- Tumor
- Uterus
- Vermifuge
- Intestine
- Malaria
- Ache(Foot)
- Antiseptic
- Blood
- Colic
- Cough
- Liver
- Psychedelic
- Stimulant
- Stomach
- Stone
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ACETALDEHYDE
- ACETONE
- ACORENONE
- ESCULETIN
- ALDOLASE
- ALUMINUM
- AMMONIA(NH3)
- ALPHA-AMYRIN
- BETA-AMYRIN
- APIGENIN
- APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-GALACTOMANNOSIDE
- APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE
- ARABINOSIDE
- ARACHIDONIC-ACID
- ARGININE
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- ASARALDEHYDE
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- AZULENE
- BENZOIC-ACID-4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- BENZYL-AMINE
- CIS-BETA-BERGAMOTENE
- BERGAPTEN
- BETAINE
- BETA-BISABOLENE
- GAMMA-BISABOLENE
- CIS-GAMMA-BISABOLENE
- TRANS-GAMMA-BISABOLENE
- BORNYL-ACETATE
- BORON
- BROMINE
- CADMIUM
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID
- CALCIUM
- CAMPESTEROL
- CAPRIC-ACID
- DELTA-3-CARENE
- CAROTA-1,4-BETA-OXIDE
- ALPHA-CAROTENE
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CAROTOL
- ALPHA-CARYOPHYLLENE
- BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE
- CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- CHLOROPHYLL
- CHOLESTEROL
- CHOLINE
- CHROMIUM
- CHRYSIN
- TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID
- CITRAL
- CITRIC-ACID
- COBALT
- COPPER
- COSMOSIIN
- P-COUMARIC-ACID-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- COUMARIN
- BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN
- CUMINALDEHYDE
- CYANIDIN-3,5-DIGALACTOSIDE
- CYANIDIN-DIGLYCOSIDE
- CYANIDIN-3-GALACTOSIDE
- CYANIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- CYANIDIN-3-(SINAPOYL-XYLOSYL-GLUCOSYL)-GALACTOSIDE
- CYSTEINE
- CYSTINE
- DAUCARIN
- DAUCINE
- DECA-TRANS-2,TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL
- GAMMA-DECALACTOSE
- DEC-2-EN-1-AL
- DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID
- 5,7-DIHYDROXY-2-METHYL-CHROMONE
- 6-(GAMMA,GAMMA-DIMETHYL-ALLYL-AMINO)-PURINE
- DIOSGENIN
- DODECAN-1-AL
- BETA-ELEMENE
- EO
- ETHANOL
- ETHYL-AMINE
- ETHYLENE
- EUGENIN
- FALCARINDIOL
- FAT
- FERULIC-ACID-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- FIBER
- FOLACIN
- FORMIC-ACID
- FRUCTOSE
- FUMARIC-ACID
- GENTISIC-ACID
- GERANIOL
- GERANYL-ACETATE
- GERANYL-FORMATE
- GERANYL-ISOBUTYRATE
- 4-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYLOXY)-BENZOIC-ACID
- ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASE
- BETA-GLUCOSIDASE
- GLUTAMATE-PYRUVATE-TRANSAMINASE
- GLUTAMINE
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- ALPHA-GURJUNENE
- N-HENTRIACONTANE
- HERACLENIN
- ALPHA-HUMULENE
- 8-HYDROXY-6-METHOXY-3-METHYL-3,4-DIHYDRO-ISOCOUMARIN
- 4-HYDROXY-PROLINE
- INVERTASE
- IONENE
- BETA-IONONE
- IRON
- TRANS-ISOASARONE
- ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID
- ISOCITRIC-ACID
- ISOPIMPINELLIN
- ISOPRENE
- KAEMPFEROL
- ALPHA-KETO-GLUTARIC-ACID
- LAURIC-ACID
- LEAD
- LECITHIN
- LEUCINE
- LINALOL
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- GAMMA-LINOLENIC-ACID
- LITHIUM
- LUTEIN
- LUTEOLIN-4'-O-BETA-D-DIGLUCOSIDE
- LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-D-DIGLUCOSIDE
- LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE
- LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-GLUCURONIDE
- LUTEOLIN-7-O-BETA-RUTINOSIDE
- LYCOPENE
- MAGNESIUM
- MALIC-ACID
- MALVIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE
- MANGANESE
- MERCURY
- 3-METHOXY-4,5-METHYLENEDIOXY-PROPYL-BENZENE
- 5-METHOXY-PSORALEN
- METHYL-AMINE
- N-METHYL-BENZYLAMINE
- 4-METHYL-ISO-PROPENYL-BENZENE
- N-METHYL-PHENETHYLAMINE
- MEVALONIC-ACID
- MOLYBDENUM
- MYRICETIN
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- MYRISTICIN
- NEOXANTHIN
- NEUROSPORENE
- NITROGEN
- N-NONACOSANE
- NON-2-EN-1-AL
- 3'-NUCLEOTIDASE
- OCTAN-1-AL
- OLEIC-ACID
- OSTHOLE
- OXALIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PALMITOLEIC-ACID
- PANTOTHENIC-ACID
- PECTIN
- PECTINESTERASE
- PEROXIDASE
- BETA-PHELLANDRENE
- PHENYLALANINE
- PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE
- PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE
- PHOSPHATIDYL-GLYCEROL
- PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL
- PHOSPHORUS
- PHYTIN
- PHYTOENE
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- ALPHA-PINENE
- BETA-PINENE
- POTASSIUM
- PROLINE
- PUFA
- PUTRESCINE
- QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE
- QUINIC-ACID
- RIBONUCLEASE
- SABINENE
- SAKURANETIN
- SELENIUM
- BETA-SELINENE
- SERINE
- SFA
- SILICON
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- SODIUM
- STARCH
- STEARIC-ACID
- STRONTIUM
- SUBERIN
- SULFUR
- TARAXASTEROL
- TARTARIC-ACID
- GAMMA-TERPINENE
- ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- TERPINOLENE
- THERMOPSOSIDE
- THREONINE
- ALPHA-THUJENE
- TITANIUM
- TRANS-BETA-BERGAPTENE
- TRANS-1,10-HEPTADECADIENE-5,7-DIYN-3-OL
- TRYPTOPHAN
- TYROSINE
- UBIQUINONE-100
- UMBELLIFERONE
- UMBELLIFEROSE
- VALINE
- VANILLIC-ACID
- VIOLAXANTHIN
- VIT-B-6
- VIT-D
- WATER
- XANTHOTOXIN
- XYLITOL
- ZINC
- MYRCENE
- ZIRCONIUM
- ANTHERAXANTHIN
- APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSYL-(1,4)-O-BETA-D-MANN...
- ASH
- BARIUM
- GAMMA-CAROTENE
- P-CYMEN-8-OL
- DAUCIC-ACID
- DAUCOL
- DEOXY-RIBONUCLEASE
- BETA-GALACTOSIDASE
- GERANYL-ACETONE
- D-GLUCOSE
- BETA-GLUCURONIDASE
- KILOCALORIES
- LECITHINASE
- LUTEOLIN
- MUFA
- NIACIN
- N-OCTACOSANE
- PROTEIN
- QUERCITRIN
- ALPHA-TERPINENE
- TETRADECENOIC-ACID
- BERGAMOTENE
- ACETYL-CHOLINE
- ALANINE
- AMYLASE
- APIGENIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- ARACHIC-ACID
- ASARONE
- ASTRAGALIN
- ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE
- BUTYRIC-ACID
- CAFFEIC-ACID-4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- CARBOHYDRATES
- CAROTATOXIN
- EPSILON-CAROTENE
- TRANS-CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- CINNAMIC-ACID
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- CROCETIN
- ALPHA-CURCUMENE
- CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOGALACTOSIDE
- P-CYMENE
- DAUCENE
- DAUCOSTEROL
- GAMMA-DECANOLACTONE
- DEHYDROXYDAUCOL
- 3,4-DIMETHOXY-ALLYL-BENZENE
- DIPENTENE
- ELEMICIN
- EPOXYDIHYDROCARYOPHYLLENE
- FALCARINOL
- FERULIC-ACID
- FLUORINE
- FUMARASE
- GALACTOSE
- GERANYL-2-METHYL0BUTYRATE
- GLUTAMATE-OXALACETATE-TRANSAMINASE
- GLYCINE
- N-HEPTACOSANE
- HCN
- P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID
- INDOLE-ACETIC-ACID
- ALPHA-IONONE
- ISOBUTYRIC-ACID
- ISOLEUCINE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- LUPEOL
- LUTEOLIN-4'-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE
- LUTEOLIN-7-O-(6'-O-MALONYL)-BETA-D-DIGLUCOSIDE
- MALTOSE
- MANNOSE
- 2-METHOXY-3-SEC-BUTYL-PYRAZINE
- N-METHYL-ANILINE
- METHYL-PENTOSANS
- GAMMA-MUUROLENE
- MYRISTOLEIC-ACID
- NICKEL
- NOPOL
- 2-OCTANONE
- OXYPEUCEDANIN
- PENTOSANS
- ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE
- PHENYLALANINE-AMMONIA-LYASE
- PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE
- PHYTOFLUENE
- PIPECOLIC-ACID
- PSORALEN
- QUERCETIN
- RHAMNOSE
- RUBIDIUM
- SCOPOLETIN
- SHIKIMIC-ACID
- BETA-SITOSTEROL-GLYCOSIDE
- STIGMASTEROL
- SUCCINIC-ACID
- SYRINGIC-ACID
- TERPINEN-4-OL
- TERPINEOL-ACETATE
- THIAMIN
- TIN
- TOLUIDENE
- TRANS-2(7)-2,6-DIMETHYLOCTA-4,6-DIENE
- URONIC-ACID
- P-VINYL-GUAIACOL
- VIT-E
- XANTHOPHYLLS
- XYLOSE
- ZOSIMIN
- ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID
- NONAN-1-AL
- PYRROLIDINE
- TIGLIC-ACID
- METHIONINE
- ARSENIC
- EUGENOL
- BETA-FARNESENE
- HEPTAN-1-AL
- PETROSELINIC-ACID
- ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL
- ANILINE
- BIPHENYL
- ETHYL-METHYL-AMINE
- CAR-6-ENE
- HISTIDINE
- LYSINE
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SUCROSE
- CITRONELLYL-ACETATE
- BORNEOL
- CAMPHENE
- CAMPHOR
- CARVONE
- CARYOPHYLLENE
- LIMONENE
- (-)-6-HYDROXY-MELLEIN
- (-)-6-METHOXY-MELLEIN
- PHYLLOQUINONE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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