Chemical IRON | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Chemical ID

IRON

Ubiquitous

Yes

List of known dosages
Dosage
PTD=100 mg/day
RDA=6-30 mg/day

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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
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 *

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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
Dioscorea pentaphylla	Root	4.0	24.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Dioscorea sp.	Root	not available	315.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Dioscorea villosa	Root	7.0	31.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Diospyros digyna	Fruit	3.0	18.0	-0.5	Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
Diospyros virginiana	Fruit	25.0	70.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Diospyros virginiana	Leaf	15.0	500.0	0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Diospyros virginiana	Stem	3.0	1620.0	0.8	Duke, 1992 *
Dipsacus fullonum	Plant	not available	190.0	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Drynaria fortunei	Rhizome	not available	50.0	-0.9	Duke, 1992 *
Durio zibethinus	Fruit	7.0	37.0	-0.4	J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995
Echinacea purpurea	Root	18.0	70.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Echinacea spp	Root	700.0	4800.0	6.5	Duke, 1992 *
Elaeagnus commutata	Fruit	4.0	30.0	-0.4	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Elaeagnus umbellatus	Fruit	10.0	70.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Elaeis guineensis	Fruit	40.0	61.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Eleocharis dulcis	Tuber	6.0	37.0	-1.0	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Elettaria cardamomum	Fruit	42.0	66.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Elettaria cardamomum	Seed	140.0	153.0	0.0	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Eleutherococcus senticosus	Root	2.5	12.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Elytrigia repens	Plant	not available	311.0	-0.4	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.