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Chemical ID
INOSITOL
Ubiquitous
No
| Dosage |
|---|
| RDA=1,000 mg/man/day |
| Activity | Dosage | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antialopecic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticirrhotic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiabetic? | not available | Martindale's 29th |
| Antineuropathic? | 2 g/day | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Cholesterolytic | 2,000 mg/man/day | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipotropic | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Sweetener | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ubiquiot | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achillea millefolium | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| Aconitum napellus | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| Apium graveolens | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| Asparagus officinalis | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Camellia sinensis | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Capsella bursa-pastoris | Plant | not available | 300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Centella asiatica | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| Chamaemelum nobile | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cichorium intybus | Root | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| Cocos nucifera | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | 690.0 | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| Cornus florida | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Digitalis purpurea | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Elytrigia repens | Rhizome | 10000.0 | 30000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Equisetum arvense | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Euphorbia hirta | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glycine max | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| Gossypium sp | Seed | not available | 3400.0 | 1.7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hura crepitans | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hydrastis canadensis | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hydrastis canadensis | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |