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Chemical CITRIC-ACID

Chemical ID
CITRICACID
Ubiquitous
Yes
List of known dosages
Dosage Reference
LD50=975 (ipr rat) Merck 11th Edition
LD50=6,730 mg/kg (orl rat) Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.

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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
Mycobactericide not available Duke, 1992 *
Odontolytic not available Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Refrigerant not available Martindale's 28th
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
Ribes rubrum Fruit not available 20200.0 -0.3 Duke, 1992 *
Ribes uva-crispa Fruit not available 8800.0 -0.5 Duke, 1992 *
Rosa canina Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Rosa canina Fruit not available 15000.0 -0.4 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Rosa laevigata Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Rosa spp Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Rubus chingii Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Rubus idaeus Fruit not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sambucus nigra Fruit 500.0 7340.0 -0.5 Duke, 1992 *
Schisandra chinensis Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Schisandra chinensis Fruit 5000.0 33333.0 -0.1 Duke, 1992 *
Sclerocarya caffra Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Solanum nigrum Leaf not available 50000.0 2.0 Duke, 1992 *
Solanum sessiliflorum Fruit 8000.0 80000.0 0.7 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
Solanum tuberosum Tuber not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
Sophora pachycarpa Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Sorbus aucubaria Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Spinacia oleracea Leaf not available 2300.0 -0.5 Soldatenkov, S. V., Mazurova, T. A., Ranteleev, A. N. 1960. Organic Acids of Onion and Spinach. Trudy Petergof Biol. Inst., Leningrad Gosudarst Univ Im AA Zhdanova, 18: 55-61.
Stevia rebaudiana Plant not available 5350.0 -0.4 Kinghorn, A. D. (Ed.) 2002. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles. Stevia. The genus Stevia. Taylor & Francis. New York, NY. 211 pp.
Tamarindus indica Fruit not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.