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	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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
Piper betel	Leaf	43.0	2130.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Piper nigrum	Fruit	not available	10.0	-0.3	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Pisum sativum	Sprout Seedling	not available	1650.0	0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Pisum sativum	Fruit	600.0	5935.0	0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Pisum sativum	Seed	44.0	1892.0	0.8	Duke, 1992 *
Plantago major	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Plantago major	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Plantago psyllium	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Platonia insignis	Fruit	180.0	1190.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Platycodon grandiflorum	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Plectranthus amboinicus	Leaf	120.0	2145.0	-0.2	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Polygonum multiflorum	Root	not available	not available	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Polymnia edulis	Root	250.0	1400.0	0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Portulaca oleracea	Herb	105.0	7000.0	-1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Pothomorphe sp.	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Pourouma cecropiaefolia	Fruit	10.0	55.0	-0.3	J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995
Pouteria caimito	Fruit	490.0	1890.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Pouteria campechiana	Fruit	400.0	1475.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Pouteria viridis	Fruit	430.0	1360.0	-0.2	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Prunus armeniaca	Fruit	100.0	745.0	-0.2	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)