Chemical ASCORBIC-ACID | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Chemical ID

ASCORBICACID

Ubiquitous

Yes

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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	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.
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Plant Name	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
Origanum vulgare	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Oryza sativa	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Oxalis tuberosa	Root	370.0	2284.0	0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Pachira macrocarpa	Seed	240.0	255.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Pachyrhizus erosus	Plant	140.0	1845.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Panax ginseng	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Panax ginseng	Root	not available	0.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Panax quinquefolius	Plant	not available	39.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Papaver somniferum	Fruit	not available	1120.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Papaver somniferum	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Papaver somniferum	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Parthenium integrifolium	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Passiflora edulis	Fruit	300.0	1205.0	-0.2	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Passiflora foetida	Fruit	150.0	835.0	-0.2	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Passiflora incarnata	Flower	11.0	100.0	-0.8	Duke, 1992 *
Passiflora ligularis	Fruit	108.0	950.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Passiflora mollissima	Fruit	700.0	8750.0	0.3	Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
Passiflora quadrangularis	Fruit	150.0	2680.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Passiflora quadrangularis	Seed	150.0	695.0	0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Pastinaca sativa	Root	160.0	830.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *