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
Opuntia ficus-indica	Fruit	12.0	65.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Opuntia ficus-indica	Seed	not available	100.0	-0.2	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
Origanum majorana	Plant	750.0	975.0	0.4	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Origanum vulgare	Plant	325.0	598.0	0.0	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
Oryza sativa	Seed	14.0	85.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Oxalis tuberosa	Root	8.0	49.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Pachira macrocarpa	Seed	38.0	40.0	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Pachyrhizus erosus	Tuber	6.0	55.0	-0.8	Duke, 1992 *
Paeonia lactiflora	Root	40.0	47.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Paeonia moutan	Root Bark	95.0	120.0	-0.8	Duke, 1992 *
Paeonia suffruticosa	Root Bark	95.0	120.0	-0.8	Duke, 1992 *
Panax ginseng	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Panax ginseng	Pt	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Panax ginseng	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Panax ginseng	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Panax ginseng	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Panax japonicus	Rhizome	not available	360.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Panax quinquefolius	Plant	49.0	407.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Panicum maximum	Leaf	not available	525.0	0.4	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Papaver somniferum	Seed	91.0	143.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *