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

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ASCORBICACID

Ubiquitous

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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
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 Sort descending	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
Tropaeolum majus	Flower	not available	1300.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Tropaeolum majus	Leaf	2000.0	4650.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Tropaeolum majus	Pt	1000.0	1600.0	-1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Tropaeolum tuberosum	Root	670.0	4800.0	2.1	Duke, 1992 *
Tulipa gesneriana	Stem	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Turnera diffusa	Leaf	206.0	983.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Ullucus tuberosus	Root	230.0	1750.0	0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Ulmus rubra	Bark	not available	0.0	-1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Urtica dioica	Leaf	166.0	830.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Urtica dioica	Plant	640.0	2200.0	-0.1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Vaccinium corymbosum	Fruit	125.0	878.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Vaccinium macrocarpon	Fruit	144.0	1200.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Vaccinium myrtillus	Fruit	132.0	1650.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Vaccinium vitis-idaea	Fruit	280.0	1865.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Valeriana officinalis	Root	not available	0.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Verbascum thapsus	Leaf	341.0	776.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Viburnum opulus	Fruit	not available	126100.0	7.6	Duke, 1992 *
Vicia faba	Fruit	120.0	820.0	-0.2	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Vicia faba	Seed	330.0	1735.0	0.7	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Vigna aconitifolia	Seed	20.0	44.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *