Chemical ID
BORON
Ubiquitous
Yes
Activity | Dosage | Reference |
---|---|---|
Androgenic | 3 mg/man/day | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiosteoarthritic | not available | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Antiosteoporotic | 3 mg/man/day | Duke, 1992 * |
Estrogenic | 3 mg/man/day | Duke, 1992 * |
Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acacia catechu | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Allium cepa | Bulb | 1.0 | 45.0 | 1.0 | Duke, 1992 * |
Allium sativum var. sativum | Bulb | 3.0 | 10.0 | -1.0 | Duke, 1992 * |
Alocasia macrorrhiza | Root | 1.0 | 3.3 | -0.8 | Duke, 1992 * |
Amorphophallus campanulatus | Root | 1.7 | 7.7 | -0.6 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anacardium occidentale | Seed | not available | 3.2 | -1.0 | Duke, 1992 * |
Ananas comosus | Fruit | not available | 0.2 | -0.8 | Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron). |
Anethum graveolens | Plant | 4.0 | 35.0 | -0.5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anethum graveolens | Seed | 28.0 | 50.0 | 1.2 | Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron). |
Annona muricata | Fruit | not available | 3.0 | -0.7 | Duke, 1992 * |
Annona squamosa | Leaf | not available | 107.0 | 1.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Apium graveolens | Root | 4.0 | 103.0 | 2.9 | Duke, 1992 * |
Apium graveolens | Seed | 43.0 | 61.0 | 1.7 | Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron). |
Arachis hypogaea | Seed | 5.0 | 18.0 | -0.3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Armoracia rusticana | Root | 6.0 | 27.0 | 0.1 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
Artocarpus altilis | Fruit | 5.2 | 23.0 | -0.3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Asparagus officinalis | Shoot | 6.0 | 104.0 | 1.5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Avena sativa | Seed | 2.0 | 7.0 | -0.8 | Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron). |
Averrhoa carambola | Fruit | 0.6 | 8.0 | -0.6 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
Bertholletia excelsa | Seed | not available | 2.7 | -1.0 | Furr, A.K., et al. 1979 |