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
Arctium lappa	Root	20.0	85.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	Leaf	22.0	191.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Areca catechu	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Armoracia rusticana	Root	1800.0	10000.0	5.1	Duke, 1992 *
Armoracia rusticana	Plant	1220.0	18200.0	3.7	Duke, 1992 *
Armoracia rusticana	Leaf	2440.0	4560.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Arracacia xanthorrhiza	Root	310.0	1070.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Artemisia absinthium	Leaf	1200.0	2600.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Artemisia dracunculus	Leaf	not available	588.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Artemisia vulgaris	Leaf	720.0	5670.0	0.1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Artocarpus altilis	Fruit	150.0	985.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Artocarpus altilis	Seed	65.0	275.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Artocarpus heterophyllus	Fruit	45.0	435.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Asimina triloba	Fruit	76.0	893.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Aspalathus linearis	Shoot	157.0	94000.0	4.2	Duke, 1992 *
Asparagus officinalis	Root	398.0	3976.0	1.6	Duke, 1992 *
Asparagus officinalis	Shoot	100.0	5714.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Astragalus membranaceus	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Avena sativa	Plant	26.0	120.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Averrhoa bilimbi	Fruit	160.0	4665.0	0.0	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses