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
Averrhoa carambola	Fruit	200.0	4935.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Bacopa monnieri	Shoot	not available	630.0	-0.3	Wealth of India.
Bactris gasipaes	Fruit	110.0	828.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Balanites aegyptiacus	Fruit	not available	390.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Barosma betulina	Leaf	not available	4900.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Basella alba	Leaf	1020.0	14785.0	0.9	Duke, 1992 *
Benincasa hispida	Fruit	130.0	6750.0	0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Berberis vulgaris	Root	not available	0.0	-0.6	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Berberis vulgaris	Fruit	1560.0	3800.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Berberis vulgaris	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
Berberis vulgaris	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Bertholletia excelsa	Seed	not available	7.0	-0.3	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Beta vulgaris	Leaf	120.0	3696.0	-0.1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Beta vulgaris	Root	50.0	868.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Bixa orellana	Fruit	20.0	130.0	-0.3	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Blighia sapida	Aril	260.0	1530.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Blighia sapida	Seed	780.0	2735.0	1.3	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Boehmeria nivea	Leaf	730.0	5615.0	0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Borago officinalis	Shoot	not available	39.0	-0.4	Jim Duke's personal files.
Borago officinalis	Leaf	30.0	5005.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *