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Chemical INOSITOL

Chemical ID
INOSITOL
Ubiquitous
No
List of known dosages
Dosage
RDA=1,000 mg/man/day
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
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.
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
Taraxacum officinale Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Taraxacum officinale Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Thuja occidentalis Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Triticum aestivum Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
Vaccinium myrtillus Fruit 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.
Vigna radiata Seed not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Viscum album Fruit not available 4000.0 1.0 Duke, 1992 *
Vitis vinifera 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.
Zea mays Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *