Chemical ID
ASCORBICACID
Ubiquitous
Yes
| 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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| Activity Sort descending | 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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| Plant Name Sort descending | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euphorbia hirta | Leaf | not available | 443.0 | -0.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Euphrasia officinalis | Plant | 10.0 | 67.0 | -0.6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fagopyrum esculentum | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.3 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| Feijoa sellowiana | Fruit | 280.0 | 1750.0 | -0.2 | Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981. |
| Ficus carica | Fruit | 20.0 | 2013.0 | -0.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ficus carica | Leaf | 1050.0 | 3300.0 | -0.1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Filipendula ulmaria | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Filipendula ulmaria | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Foeniculum vulgare | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Foeniculum vulgare | Leaf | not available | 123600.0 | 11.0 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Foeniculum vulgare | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Foeniculum vulgare | Plant | 340.0 | 3148.0 | 0.1 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Fragaria spp | Fruit | 400.0 | 6948.0 | 0.1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fragaria spp | Leaf | 3190.0 | 4350.0 | 0.0 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Frangula purshiana | Bark | not available | 0.0 | -1.0 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fucus vesiculosus | Plant | 30.0 | 258.0 | -0.5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Garcinia mangostana | Fruit | 10.0 | 255.0 | -0.3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Genipa americana | Fruit | 330.0 | 1020.0 | -0.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gentiana lutea | Root | 40.0 | 183.0 | -0.5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ginkgo biloba | Fruit | not available | 640.0 | -0.2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |