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

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

Select a Results View:

Download these results as:

CSV

XLSX

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.

Download these results as:

CSV

XLSX

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
Zizyphus spina-christi	Fruit	300.0	330.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *