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.
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Plant Name	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
Pisum sativum	Plant	not available	400.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Pisum sativum	Seed	14.0	90.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Plantago asiatica	Plant	not available	890.0	0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Plantago major	Seed	5.0	18.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Plantago psyllium	Seed	4.0	20.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Plantago psyllium	Hull Husk	not available	183.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Platonia insignis	Fruit	22.0	79.0	-0.2	Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
Platycodon grandiflorum	Root	62.0	200.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Plectranthus amboinicus	Leaf	39.0	695.0	0.8	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Polygala tenuifolia	Root	not available	290.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Polygonum multiflorum	Plant	not available	350.0	-0.3	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Polygonum multiflorum	Rhizome	not available	150.0	-0.6	Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
Polygonum multiflorum	Root	not available	156.0	-0.2	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Polymnia edulis	Root	6.0	66.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Polystichum polyblepharum	Plant	500.0	1900.0	1.5	Duke, 1992 *
Portulaca oleracea	Herb	8.0	467.0	1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Pourouma cecropiaefolia	Fruit	not available	0.0	-0.5	J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995
Pouteria caimito	Fruit	10.0	70.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Pouteria campechiana	Fruit	7.0	26.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Pouteria viridis	Fruit	7.0	22.0	-0.4	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses