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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
Oenothera biennis Seed 38.0 41.0 0.8 *
Olea europaea Fruit 1.0 4.0 -0.7 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages.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).
Origanum majorana Plant 28.0 48.0 -0.3 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages.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).
Origanum onites Plant 28.0 48.0 -0.3 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages.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).
Origanum vulgare Plant 21.0 41.0 -0.4 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages.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).
Panax quinquefolius Plant 24.0 96.0 0.1 *
Papaver somniferum Seed 15.0 95.0 3.4 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages.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).
Pastinaca sativa Root 4.0 25.0 0.0 *
Persea americana Fruit 5.0 13.0 -0.5 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages.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).
Petroselinum crispum Plant 4.0 54.0 -0.3 *
Phaseolus lunatus Seed 1.0 30.0 0.3 *
Phaseolus vulgaris Fruit 0.1 45.0 0.1 *
Phaseolus vulgaris Seed 2.0 43.0 0.9 *
Phoenix dactylifera Fruit 7.0 -0.7 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages.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).
Phyllanthus emblica Fruit 2.0 11.0 -0.6 *
Pimenta dioica Fruit 9.0 25.0 -0.3 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).
Pimpinella anisum Seed 20.0 -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).
Pimpinella anisum Fruit 20.0 -0.4 *
Pinus echinata Shoot 2.0 21.0 -1.4 *
Piper nigrum Fruit 0.5 18.0 -0.4 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).