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

Chemical ID

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
Antispasmodic	500-5,000 mg/day	Duke, 1992 *
Antistress	500-1,000 mg	Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X	1-4 g/day	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antitumor (Gastric)	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	1-5 g/day	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	1-10 mM	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive	1,000 mg/day/orl	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1.5 g/day/man	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	not available	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cardioprotective	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive	1-2 g/day	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	700 mg/man/orl	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	not available	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypocholesterolemic	300-1,000 mg/day	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.

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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
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	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 sativum var. sativum	Shoot	420.0	1883.0	-0.3	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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	Seed	not available	1640.0	0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Althaea officinalis	Root	177.0	1640.0	0.3	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 *