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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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ASCORBIC-ACID

Chemical ID
ASCORBICACID
Ubiquitous
Yes
List of known dosages
Dosage Reference
LD50=518 (ivn mus) Jim Duke's personal files.
PTD=1-5 g
RDA=30-95 mg/day
RDA=60-100 mg/man/day

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List of chemical activities.
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Activity Dosage Reference
AntiCrohn's 50-100 mg/day/orl/man Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1,000 mg 3x/day *
Antidecubitic 500 mg/man/2x/day Martindale's 28th
Antidementia *
Antidepressant 2,000 mg/day Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidiabetic Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antidote (Aluminum) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Lead) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat) Martindale's 28th
Antieczemic 3.5-5 g/day Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 1 g/man/day Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalitic Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiendometriotic 2,000 mg/day *
Antifatigue 500-1,000 mg *
Antifibrotic 1,000-2,000 mg *
Antigallstone 1,000-3,000 mg/day *
Antigastritic *
Antigingivitic *
Antiglaucomic 2 g/day Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
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List of chemical plants.
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Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Allium ampeloprasum Root 170.0 1241.0 0.1 *
Allium cepa Bulb *
Allium cepa Leaf 390.0 5000.0 0.0 *
Allium sativum var. sativum Root *
Allium sativum var. sativum Bulb 100.0 788.0 *
Allium sativum var. sativum Flower 440.0 3793.0 0.3 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Allium sativum var. sativum Leaf 390.0 2868.0 -0.2 *
Allium sativum var. sativum Shoot 420.0 1883.0 -0.3 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Allium schoenoprasum Leaf 57.0 9875.0 0.5 *
Alocasia macrorrhiza Leaf 50.0 -0.4 *
Alocasia macrorrhiza Root 572.0 -0.3 *
Aloe spp. Leaf 31.0 6260.0 0.1 *
Aloe vera Leaf 6260.0 0.1 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Alpinia galanga Rhizome 260.0 1844.0 2.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Althaea officinalis Seed 1640.0 0.6 *
Althaea officinalis Root 177.0 1640.0 0.3 *
Amaranthus sp. Leaf 345.0 6263.0 0.1 *
Amaranthus spinosus Leaf 98.0 5030.0 0.0 *
Amorphophallus campanulatus Root 15.0 279.0 -0.5 *
Anacardium occidentale Fruit 252.0 17500.0 0.8 *