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

Chemical ID

ASCORBICACID

Ubiquitous

Yes

List of known dosages
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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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
Hypoglycemic	not available	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
Hypotensive	1,000 mg/man/day	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	not available	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
Interferonogenic	not available	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Lithogenic	not available	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Mucolytic	1 g/woman/day	Martindale's 28th
Pesticide	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Uricosuric	4 g/man/day	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	not available	Martindale's 29th
Vasodilator	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	not available	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).

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List of chemical plants.
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Plant Name Sort descending	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
Abelmoschus esculentus	Fruit	130.0	2340.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Abelmoschus esculentus	Plant	190.0	2340.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Acacia farnesiana	Leaf	490.0	2636.0	-0.2	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Acacia nilotica	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Acacia senegal	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Acalypha indica	Leaf	1470.0	7540.0	0.3	Wealth of India.
Achillea millefolium	Plant	119.0	672.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Achillea millefolium	Leaf	580.0	3100.0	-0.2	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Acorus calamus	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Actaea racemosa	Root	not available	21.0	-0.6	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Actinidia chinensis	Fruit	750.0	6370.0	0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Aegle marmelos	Fruit	80.0	1330.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Aesculus hippocastanum	Seed	not available	24.0	-0.3	Jim Duke's personal files.
Aesculus hippocastanum	Leaf	not available	147.2	-0.4	Jim Duke's personal files.
Agathosma betulina	Leaf	not available	4900.0	0.0	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Albizia lebbeck	Seed	not available	17.0	-0.3	Wealth of India.
Aleurites moluccana	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.3	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Alliaria petiolata	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Allium ampeloprasum	Flower	400.0	2367.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Allium ampeloprasum	Leaf	170.0	3019.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *