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Chemical BORON

Chemical ID
BORON
Ubiquitous
Yes
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
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 *
List of chemical plants.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Pistacia vera Seed not available 11.0 -0.6 Duke, 1992 *
Pisum sativum Seed 2.0 23.0 -0.1 Duke, 1992 *
Prunus armeniaca Fruit 1.0 70.0 0.6 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages.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).
Prunus cerasus Fruit 1.0 80.0 0.8 Duke, 1992 *
Prunus domestica Fruit 1.0 255.0 4.3 Duke, 1992 *
Prunus dulcis Seed 8.0 38.0 0.7 Duke, 1992 *
Prunus persica Fruit 1.0 150.0 2.2 Duke, 1992 *
Prunus serotina Leaf 2.0 48.0 -0.4 Duke, 1992 *
Prunus serotina Stem 0.0 54.0 1.6 Duke, 1992 *
Pyrus communis Fruit 1.0 82.0 0.8 Duke, 1992 *
Quercus alba Stem 2.0 38.0 0.5 Duke, 1992 *
Quercus phellos Stem 1.0 21.0 -0.7 Duke, 1992 *
Quercus rubra Seed not available 18.0 -0.3 Duke, 1992 *
Quercus rubra Stem 3.0 66.0 2.5 Duke, 1992 *
Quercus stellata Stem 2.0 25.0 -0.5 Duke, 1992 *
Quercus velutina Stem 2.0 31.0 0.0 Duke, 1992 *
Raphanus sativus Root 0.6 64.0 1.5 Duke, 1992 *
Rheum rhabarbarum Pt 0.1 36.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
Rhizophora mangle Leaf not available 83.0 0.6 Duke, 1992 *
Rhus copallina Leaf 3.0 67.0 0.2 Duke, 1992 *