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Chemical 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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Sort descending Dosage Reference
AntiCrohn's 50-100 mg/day/orl/man Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1,000 mg 3x/day Duke, 1992 *
Antidecubitic 500 mg/man/2x/day Martindale's 28th
Antidementia not available Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant 2,000 mg/day Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidiabetic not available 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) not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) not available Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Lead) not available Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat) not available 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 not available Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiendometriotic 2,000 mg/day Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue 500-1,000 mg Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 1,000-2,000 mg Duke, 1992 *
Antigallstone 1,000-3,000 mg/day Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic not available Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic not available Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 g/day Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
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List of chemical plants.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Plant Name Sort descending Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Luffa aegyptiaca Fruit 120.0 2400.0 -0.1 Duke, 1992 *
Lycium chinense Fruit not available 425.0 -0.3 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Lycium chinense Leaf 80.0 769.0 -0.4 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Lycopersicon esculentum Fruit 50.0 2952.0 -0.1 Duke, 1992 *
Lycopus europeus Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Macadamia spp Seed not available 0.0 -0.3 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Maclura pomifera Fruit 30.0 150.0 -0.3 Smith, J. L. and Perino, J. V. 1981. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera): History and Economic Uses. Economic Botany 35(1): 24-41
Malpighia glabra Fruit 16228.0 172231.0 10.4 Duke, 1992 *
Malus domestica Fruit 20.0 402.0 -0.3 Duke, 1992 *
Malva neglecta Leaf not available 1175.0 -0.3 Duke, 1992 *
Malva parviflora Plant 454.0 4745.0 0.5 Duke, 1992 *
Malva sylvestris Leaf 240.0 2855.0 -0.2 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Mammea americana Fruit 100.0 1515.0 -0.2 Duke, 1992 *
Mangifera indica Fruit 30.0 1760.0 -0.2 Duke, 1992 *
Mangifera indica Leaf 530.0 2430.0 -0.2 Duke, 1992 *
Manihot esculenta Leaf 800.0 10000.0 0.5 Duke, 1992 *
Manihot esculenta Root 97.0 1530.0 0.2 Duke, 1992 *
Manilkara zapota Fruit 90.0 625.0 -0.2 Duke, 1992 *
Maranta arundinacea Root 70.0 215.0 -0.5 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Marrubium vulgare Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *