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	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
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	Leaf	2440.0	4560.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Armoracia rusticana	Plant	1220.0	18200.0	3.7	Duke, 1992 *
Armoracia rusticana	Root	1800.0	10000.0	5.1	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