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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
Genipa americana Seed 100.0 -0.2 *
Gentiana lutea Root 8.0 37.0 -0.4 *
Gentiana scabra Root 910.0 0.9 *
Geranium thunbergii Plant 400.0 -0.3 *
Ginkgo biloba Leaf 2.0 8.0 -0.9 *
Ginkgo biloba Seed 10.0 26.0 -0.6 *
Glechoma hederacea Plant 290.0 500.0 -0.1 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205.
Glehnia littoralis Root 820.0 0.7 *
Gliricidia sepium Leaf 8.0 52.0 -0.8 *
Gliricidia sepium Flower 18.0 129.0 -0.3 *
Glycine max Fruit 28.0 91.0 -0.2 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Glycine max Plant 210.0 -0.5 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Glycine max Seed 38.0 180.0 0.1 *
Glycine max Sprout Seedling 10.0 73.0 -1.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Glycyrrhiza glabra Root 14.0 88.0 -0.3 *
Glycyrrhiza uralensis Root 180.0 280.0 0.0 *
Gymnema sylvestre Leaf 9.0 49.0 -0.8 *
Harpagophytum procumbens Root 55.0 290.0 0.0 *
Helianthus annuus Seed 60.0 70.0 -0.4 *
Helianthus tuberosus Tuber 6.0 168.0 0.2 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses