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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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IRON

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.
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Activity Dosage Reference
Antiakathisic Martindale's 29th
Antianemic Martindale's 29th
Anticanker *
Anticheilitic 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 *
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List of chemical plants.
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Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Ephedra sinica Plant 4.4 21.0 -0.7 *
Ephedra spp Plant 600.0 0.0 *
Equisetum arvense Plant 26.0 123.0 -0.6 *
Equisetum hyemale Plant 140.0 -0.6 *
Eriobotrya japonica Fruit 20.0 67.0 -0.3 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Eriobotrya japonica Leaf 200.0 -0.4 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.
Eriocaulon sp Leaf 70.0 -0.7 *
Eriodictyon californicum Leaf 24.0 110.0 -0.6 *
Eryngium floridanum Shoot 400.0 -0.1 *
Erythrina berteroana Shoot 22.0 140.0 -0.5 *
Erythrina fusca Leaf 18.0 52.0 -0.8 *
Erythroxylum coca Leaf 66.0 490.0 0.3 *
Erythroxylum novogranatense Leaf 86.0 97.0 -0.7 *
Erythroxylum novogranatense Leaf 49.0 81.0 -0.7 *
Eucommia ulmoides Bark 300.0 0.4 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.
Eugenia brasiliensis Fruit 4.5 34.0 -0.4 *
Eugenia floribunda Fruit 5.0 40.0 -0.4 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Eugenia uniflora Fruit 1.0 14.0 -0.5 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Euodia rutaecarpa Fruit 86.0 -0.2 *
Eupatorium odoratum Leaf 80.0 -0.7 Tramil