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Chemical IRON

Chemical ID
IRON
Ubiquitous
Yes
List of known dosages
Dosage
PTD=100 mg/day
RDA=6-30 mg/day
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 *
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
Lygodium japonicum Pollen Or Spore not available 1090.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
Macadamia spp Seed 18.0 200.0 0.2 Duke, 1992 *
Magnolia denudata Flower not available 320.0 1.0 Duke, 1992 *
Magnolia fargesii Flower not available 320.0 1.0 Duke, 1992 *
Magnolia kobus Flower not available 320.0 1.0 Duke, 1992 *
Magnolia officinalis Bark not available 120.0 -0.4 Duke, 1992 *
Malpighia glabra Fruit 2.0 28.0 -0.4 Duke, 1992 *
Malus domestica Fruit 1.1 123.0 0.0 Duke, 1992 *
Malva parviflora Plant not available 195.0 -0.5 Duke, 1992 *
Malva sylvestris Leaf 37.0 440.0 0.2 Duke, 1992 *
Mammea americana Fruit 1.0 51.0 -0.3 Duke, 1992 *
Mangifera indica Fruit 1.0 243.0 0.4 Duke, 1992 *
Mangifera indica Leaf not available 62.0 -0.8 Duke, 1992 *
Manihot esculenta Leaf 28.0 1500.0 2.9 Duke, 1992 *
Manihot esculenta Root 2.0 114.0 -0.3 Duke, 1992 *
Manilkara zapota Fruit 6.0 40.0 -0.4 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Maranta arundinacea Root 19.0 75.0 -0.3 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Mauritia flexuosa Fruit 7.0 15.0 -0.5 J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995
Medicago sativa Plant 4.9 26.0 -0.7 Duke, 1992 *
Melicoccus bijugatas Fruit 5.0 38.0 -0.4 Duke, 1992 *