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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
Petasites japonicus Plant 2000.0 2100.0 1.7 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205.
Petasites japonicus Pt 1.0 18.0 -1.1 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Petroselinum crispum Shoot *
Petroselinum crispum Plant 1.3 17.0 -0.7 *
Peucedanum decursivum Plant 780.0 1400.0 0.9 *
Phaseolus acutifolius Seed 24.0 56.0 -0.4 *
Phaseolus coccineus Fruit 26.0 41.0 -0.4 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Phaseolus coccineus Seed 1.0 103.0 -0.2 *
Phaseolus lunatus Leaf 23.0 821.0 1.2 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Phaseolus lunatus Seed 22.0 1000.0 3.9 *
Phaseolus lunatus Sprout Seedling 13.0 228.0 2.1 *
Phaseolus vulgaris Seed 24.0 147.0 0.0 *
Phaseolus vulgaris Sprout Seedling 8.0 87.0 -0.7 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Phaseolus vulgaris Fruit 6.0 1050.0 3.6 *
Phaseolus vulgaris Leaf 92.0 697.0 0.8 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Phellodendron amurense Bark 210.0 0.0 *
Phoenix dactylifera Fruit 10.0 151.0 0.1 *
Phoenix dactylifera Seed 5.0 17.0 -0.6 Abstract (See species file)
Phyllanthus acidus Fruit 11.0 372.0 0.9 *
Phyllanthus emblica Fruit 5.0 163.0 0.1 *