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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Plant Name	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
Prunus cerasus	Fruit	70.0	873.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Prunus domestica	Fruit	86.0	699.0	-0.2	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Prunus dulcis	Seed	0.0	13.0	-0.3	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Prunus persica	Fruit	14.0	1127.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Prunus salicifolia	Fruit	222.0	1415.0	-0.2	Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
Psidium cattleianum	Fruit	150.0	2100.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Psidium guajava	Seed	not available	8.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Psidium guajava	Fruit	24.0	18315.0	0.9	Duke, 1992 *
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Fruit	not available	190.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Psoralea esculenta	Root	4.0	171.0	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Punica granatum	Fruit	40.0	636.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Punica granatum	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Pyrus communis	Fruit	40.0	250.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Quararibea cordata	Fruit	90.0	660.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Quercus alba	Bark	29.0	127.0	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Raphanus sativus	Fruit	690.0	7822.0	0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Raphanus sativus	Leaf	810.0	7043.0	0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Raphanus sativus	Root	226.0	6216.0	2.9	Duke, 1992 *
Rhamnus cathartica	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *