Chemical ID
ASCORBICACID
Ubiquitous
Yes
| 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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| 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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| Plant Name Sort descending | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peperomia pelucida | Leaf | 100.0 | 1280.0 | -0.3 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Peperomia pereskiifolia | Leaf | 50.0 | 335.0 | -0.4 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Pereskia aculeata | Fruit | 20.0 | 1250.0 | -0.2 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Perideridia gairdneri | Root | 112.0 | 302.0 | -0.5 | Izadoost, M. & Robinson, T., Synergism & antagonism in the pharmacology of alkaloidal plants, pp 137-58 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds., Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture & Pharmacology, v. 2, 1987, 255pp. |
| Perilla frutescens | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Lamparska, K. 1966. Studies on Vitamin C Dynamics in Perilla ocymoides and in Calendula officinalis Grown in Short and Long Day Conditions. Zesz Nauk Uniw Mikolaja Kopernika Toruniu Biol, 8: 69-. |
| Perilla frutescens | Leaf | 460.0 | 3286.0 | -0.1 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Perilla frutescens | Seed | 0.0 | 200.0 | -0.2 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Persea americana | Fruit | 65.0 | 994.0 | -0.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Persea schiedeana | Fruit | 57.0 | 698.0 | -0.2 | Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981. |
| Petasites japonicus | Pt | 315.0 | 5725.0 | 1.7 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Petroselinum crispum | Plant | 430.0 | 7695.0 | 1.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Petroselinum crispum | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Petroselinum crispum | Fruit | not available | 1220.0 | -0.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Petroselinum crispum | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phaseolus acutifolius | Seed | 0.0 | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Phaseolus coccineus | Fruit | not available | 270.0 | -0.3 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| Phaseolus coccineus | Seed | 0.0 | 23.0 | -0.3 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Phaseolus lunatus | Seed | 0.0 | 952.0 | 0.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phaseolus lunatus | Sprout Seedling | 70.0 | 194.0 | -0.9 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Phaseolus vulgaris | Fruit | 10.0 | 2389.0 | -0.1 | Duke, 1992 * |