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

Chemical ID

ASCORBICACID

Ubiquitous

Yes

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
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.

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
Rhamnus cathartica	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Rheum rhabarbarum	Leaf	110.0	1833.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Rheum rhabarbarum	Pt	80.0	2581.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Rhodymenia palmata	Plant	not available	120.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Ribes nigrum	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Ribes nigrum	Fruit	150.0	10030.0	0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Ribes rubrum	Fruit	300.0	2554.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Ribes uva-crispa	Fruit	263.0	2397.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Rollinia mucosa	Fruit	330.0	1450.0	-0.2	Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
Rosa canina	Fruit	1384.0	7400.0	0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Rosa canina	Flower	3000.0	13000.0	3.2	Duke, 1992 *
Rosa gallica	Fruit	5450.0	8470.0	0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Rosa multiflora	Leaf	not available	2000.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Rosa rubiginosa	Seed	not available	12500.0	7.2	Duke, 1992 *
Rosa spp	Fruit	1000.0	12500.0	0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Rosmarinus officinalis	Leaf	11.0	675.0	-0.4	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Rosmarinus officinalis	Plant	612.0	673.0	-0.4	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Rubus fruticosus	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Rubus idaeus	Leaf	620.0	3670.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Rubus idaeus	Seed	not available	300.0	-0.2	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.