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

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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 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
Allium ampeloprasum	Root	170.0	1241.0	0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Allium cepa	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Allium cepa	Leaf	390.0	5000.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Allium sativum var. sativum	Shoot	420.0	1883.0	-0.3	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Allium sativum var. sativum	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Allium sativum var. sativum	Bulb	100.0	788.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Allium sativum var. sativum	Flower	440.0	3793.0	0.3	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Allium sativum var. sativum	Leaf	390.0	2868.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Allium schoenoprasum	Leaf	57.0	9875.0	0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Alocasia macrorrhiza	Leaf	not available	50.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Alocasia macrorrhiza	Root	not available	572.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Aloe spp.	Leaf	31.0	6260.0	0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Aloe vera	Leaf	not available	6260.0	0.1	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Alpinia galanga	Rhizome	260.0	1844.0	2.0	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Althaea officinalis	Root	177.0	1640.0	0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Althaea officinalis	Seed	not available	1640.0	0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Amaranthus sp.	Leaf	345.0	6263.0	0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Amaranthus spinosus	Leaf	98.0	5030.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Amorphophallus campanulatus	Root	15.0	279.0	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Anacardium occidentale	Fruit	252.0	17500.0	0.8	Duke, 1992 *