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beta-carotene
common name
Reported Uses
- NOTE: see Herb & Supplement Effectiveness Rating Definitions table
- abdominal aortic aneurysm [Possibly Ineffective]
- age-related macular degeneration [Insufficient Evidence]
- aging skin [Insufficient Evidence]
- Alzheimer dz [Possibly Ineffective]
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [Insufficient Evidence]
- anxiety [Insufficient Evidence]
- asthma, exercise-induced [Insufficient Evidence]
- asthma prevention [Insufficient Evidence]
- cancer prevention [Likely Ineffective]
- cancer prevention, breast [Possibly Effective]
- cancer prevention, colorectal [Likely Ineffective]
- cancer prevention, esophageal [Possibly Ineffective]
- cancer prevention, gastric [Insufficient Evidence]
- cancer prevention, liver [Possibly Ineffective]
- cancer prevention, lung [Likely Ineffective]
- cancer prevention, ovarian [Insufficient Evidence]
- cancer prevention, pancreatic [Insufficient Evidence]
- cancer prevention, prostate [Likely Ineffective]
- cardiovascular dz prevention [Likely Ineffective]
- cataracts [Possibly Ineffective]
- cognitive function [Insufficient Evidence]
- COPD [Insufficient Evidence]
- coronary heart dz [Insufficient Evidence]
- cystic fibrosis [Possibly Ineffective]
- depression [Insufficient Evidence]
- diabetes mellitus, type 2 [Possibly Ineffective]
- dysplastic nevi [Possibly Ineffective]
- erythropoietic protoporphyria [Effective]
- fracture prevention [Insufficient Evidence]
- H. pylori infection [Insufficient Evidence]
- hearing loss [Insufficient Evidence]
- HIV/AIDS [Insufficient Evidence]
- IBS [Insufficient Evidence]
- infant development [Insufficient Evidence]
- influenza [Insufficient Evidence]
- liver dz [Possibly Ineffective]
- nonalcoholic fatty liver dz [Insufficient Evidence]
- oral leukoplakia [Insufficient Evidence]
- oral mucositis [Insufficient Evidence]
- osteoarthritis [Insufficient Evidence]
- osteoporosis [Insufficient Evidence]
- overall mortality [Possibly Ineffective]
- Parkinson dz [Insufficient Evidence]
- physical performance [Insufficient Evidence]
- polymorphous light eruption (PMLE) [Insufficient Evidence]
- postpartum complications [Possibly Effective]
- pre-eclampsia [Insufficient Evidence]
- stroke [Possibly Ineffective]
- sunburn [Possibly Effective]
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