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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
Mentha arvensis var. piperascens Plant 400.0 -0.3 Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
Mentha pulegium Plant 2310.0 2.0 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Mentha spicata Plant 156.0 918.0 0.3 *
Mentha x piperita Leaf 9.0 60.0 -0.8 *
Mimosa pudica Leaf 14.0 -0.9 *
Mimulus glabratus Shoot 66.0 660.0 0.2 *
Momordica charantia Fruit 2.0 560.0 1.7 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Momordica charantia Leaf 50.0 357.0 0.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Morinda citrifolia Leaf 23.0 100.0 -0.7 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Morinda sp Root 320.0 0.0 *
Moringa oleifera Fruit 3.0 30.0 -0.4 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Moringa oleifera Leaf 70.0 280.0 -0.2 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Moringa oleifera Shoot 40.0 185.0 -0.4 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Morus alba Root Bark 70.0 290.0 0.1 *
Morus alba Fruit 19.0 247.0 0.5 *
Mucuna pruriens Seed 200.0 0.2 *
Muntingia calabura Fruit 12.0 53.0 -0.3 *
Murraya koenigii Leaf 30.0 115.0 -0.6 *
Murraya sp Fruit 4.0 17.0 -0.5 *
Musa x paradisiaca Fruit 4.0 17.0 -0.5 *