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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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BORON

Chemical ID
BORON
Ubiquitous
Yes

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List of chemical activities.
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Activity Dosage Reference
Androgenic 3 mg/man/day *
Antiosteoarthritic Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 3 mg/man/day *
Estrogenic 3 mg/man/day *
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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
Beta vulgaris Root 1.0 80.0 2.1 *
Brassica napus var. napobrassica Leaf 52.0 -0.3 *
Brassica napus var. napobrassica Root 2.5 30.0 0.2 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
Brassica napus var. napobrassica Stem 24.0 -0.5 *
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis l. Leaf 1.0 85.0 0.6 *
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis l. Stem 21.0 -0.7 *
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis l. Flower 1.0 76.0 1.2 *
Brassica oleracea var. capitata l. Leaf 1.0 145.0 2.3 *
Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera Leaf 57.0 -0.1 *
Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera Stem 21.0 -0.7 *
Brassica oleracea var. italica Leaf 1.0 85.0 0.6 *
Brassica oleracea var. italica Stem 21.0 -0.7 *
Brassica pekinensis Leaf 13.3 21.0 -1.1 *
Brassica rapa Root 2.0 20.0 -0.1 *
Capsicum annuum Fruit 1.0 74.0 0.7 *
Capsicum frutescens Fruit 4.0 17.0 -0.5 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages.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).
Carica papaya Fruit 5.0 15.0 -0.5 *
Carya glabra Shoot 0.0 77.0 0.5 *
Carya illinoensis Seed 6.5 7.6 -0.8 *
Carya ovata Seed 8.5 -0.7 *