beta-caroteno

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]