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Chemical ID
IRON
Ubiquitous
Yes
| Dosage |
|---|
| PTD=100 mg/day |
| RDA=6-30 mg/day |
| Activity | Dosage | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiakathisic | not available | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianemic | not available | Martindale's 29th |
| Anticanker | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticheilitic | not available | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antimenorrhagic | 100 mg/day/wmn/orl | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Prooxidant | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abelmoschus esculentus | Fruit | 8.0 | 150.0 | 0.1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Abelmoschus manihot | Leaf | 33.0 | 284.0 | -0.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acacia farnesiana | Leaf | 37.0 | 199.0 | -0.4 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Acalypha indica | Leaf | 170.0 | 885.0 | 1.3 | Wealth of India. |
| Acanthopanax gracilistylis | Root Bark | not available | 250.0 | -0.1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Achillea millefolium | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Achyranthes bidentata | Root | 150.0 | 180.0 | -0.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aconitum carmichaelii | Tuber | not available | 310.0 | 1.6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acorus calamus | Rhizome | not available | 350.0 | 0.0 | Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272. |
| Actaea dahurica | Rhizome | not available | 680.0 | 1.0 | Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195. |
| Actaea racemosa | Root | not available | 38.0 | -0.4 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| Actinidia chinensis | Fruit | 3.0 | 30.0 | -0.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aegle marmelos | Fruit | 6.0 | 15.0 | -0.5 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Agathosma betulina | Leaf | not available | 867.0 | 1.3 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| Akebia quinata | Stem | not available | 150.0 | -0.6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Albizia julibrissin | Bark | not available | 100.0 | -0.5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Albizia lebbeck | Seed | not available | 115.0 | -0.2 | Wealth of India. |
| Aleurites moluccana | Seed | 20.0 | 22.0 | -0.6 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Alisma plantago-aquatica | Rhizome | 95.0 | 110.0 | -0.8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allium ampeloprasum | Leaf | 11.0 | 255.0 | -0.3 | Duke, 1992 * |