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
Eupatorium perfoliatum	Plant	2.0	20.0	-0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Euphrasia officinalis	Plant	5.0	31.0	-0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Fagopyrum esculentum	Seed	30.0	132.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Fallopia japonica	Plant	360.0	1300.0	0.8	Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205.
Feijoa sellowiana	Fruit	0.5	3.0	-0.5	Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
Ficus carica	Fruit	3.0	57.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Firmiana simplex	Seed	not available	70.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Foeniculum vulgare	Plant	27.0	270.0	-0.4	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Foeniculum vulgare	Fruit	100.0	240.0	0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Foeniculum vulgare	Seed	2.3	21.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Forsythia suspensa	Fruit	not available	440.0	1.2	Duke, 1992 *
Fragaria spp	Fruit	3.0	100.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Frangula purshiana	Bark	6.4	23.0	-0.8	Duke, 1992 *
Fraxinus rhynchophylla	Bark	not available	120.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Fritillaria thunbergii	Bulb	not available	50.0	-1.4	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.
Fucus vesiculosus	Plant	2.0	16.0	-0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Garcinia mangostana	Fruit	2.0	46.0	-0.3	Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
Gardenia jasminoides	Fruit	40.0	130.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Gastrodia elata	Rhizome	not available	40.0	-1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Genipa americana	Fruit	10.0	160.0	0.1	Duke, 1992 *