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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
Carya ovata Shoot 2.0 63.0 0.0 *
Cichorium endivia Leaf 1.0 24.0 -1.0 *
Cichorium intybus Root 20.0 -0.1 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages.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).
Cinnamomum verum Bark 7.0 15.0 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages.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).
Citrullus lanatus Fruit 1.0 4.0 -0.7 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages.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).
Citrus paradisi Fruit 1.0 33.0 -0.1 *
Citrus reticulata Fruit 1.0 14.0 -0.5 *
Citrus sinensis Fruit 1.9 27.5 -0.3 *
Cocos nucifera Seed 3.0 5.2 -0.9 *
Colocasia esculenta Leaf 3.6 -1.6 *
Colocasia esculenta Root 0.9 7.0 -0.6 *
Coriandrum sativum Seed 9.0 29.0 0.2 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages.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).
Corylus avellana Seed 15.0 21.0 -0.1 *
Cucumis melo Fruit 1.0 16.5 -0.5 *
Cucumis sativus Fruit 1.0 46.0 0.1 *
Cucurbita pepo Fruit 1.0 -0.8 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages.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).
Cuminum cyminum Seed 34.0 50.0 1.2 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages.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).
Cuminum cyminum Fruit 34.0 50.0 0.2 *
Curcuma longa Root 1.0 6.0 -0.7 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).
Cydonia oblonga Fruit 85.0 160.0 2.4 *