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

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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
Antihangover	1,000 mg	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic	1 g/man/day	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic	2-6 g/man/day	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatotoxic	not available	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	1-5 g/day	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	2 g/day orl man	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypertensive	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinfertility	1 g/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	not available	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilepric	1.5 g/man/day	Martindale's 28th
Antilithic	1,000-3,000 mg/day	Duke, 1992 *
AntiLyme	500-2,000 mg	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antimeasles	not available	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimenopausal	500-5,000 mg/day	Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine	not available	Martindale's 29th
Antimutagenic	not available	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antineuramidase	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosic	1 g/man/day	Martindale's 28th
Antiobesity	1 g 3x/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
Abelmoschus esculentus	Fruit	130.0	2340.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Abelmoschus esculentus	Plant	190.0	2340.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Acacia farnesiana	Leaf	490.0	2636.0	-0.2	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Acacia nilotica	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Acacia senegal	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Acalypha indica	Leaf	1470.0	7540.0	0.3	Wealth of India.
Achillea millefolium	Plant	119.0	672.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Achillea millefolium	Leaf	580.0	3100.0	-0.2	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Acorus calamus	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Actaea racemosa	Root	not available	21.0	-0.6	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Actinidia chinensis	Fruit	750.0	6370.0	0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Aegle marmelos	Fruit	80.0	1330.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Aesculus hippocastanum	Seed	not available	24.0	-0.3	Jim Duke's personal files.
Aesculus hippocastanum	Leaf	not available	147.2	-0.4	Jim Duke's personal files.
Agathosma betulina	Leaf	not available	4900.0	0.0	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Albizia lebbeck	Seed	not available	17.0	-0.3	Wealth of India.
Aleurites moluccana	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.3	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Alliaria petiolata	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Allium ampeloprasum	Flower	400.0	2367.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Allium ampeloprasum	Leaf	170.0	3019.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *