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
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	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	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 sativum var. sativum	Bulb	100.0	788.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Allium sativum var. sativum	Root	not available	not available	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 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	Root	177.0	1640.0	0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Althaea officinalis	Seed	not available	1640.0	0.6	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 *