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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
Prunella vulgaris Flower not available 640.0 3.1 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.
Prunus armeniaca Fruit 5.0 79.0 -0.2 Duke, 1992 *
Prunus armeniaca Seed 42.0 48.0 -0.5 Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
Prunus cerasus Fruit 3.0 78.0 -0.2 Duke, 1992 *
Prunus domestica Fruit 0.8 85.0 -0.2 Duke, 1992 *
Prunus dulcis Seed 35.0 60.0 -0.4 Duke, 1992 *
Prunus persica Bark not available 117.0 -0.4 Duke, 1992 *
Prunus persica Fruit 1.0 99.0 -0.1 Duke, 1992 *
Prunus persica Seed not available 80.0 -0.3 Duke, 1992 *
Prunus salicifolia Fruit 6.0 36.0 -0.4 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
Prunus serotina Leaf 20.0 1440.0 2.7 Duke, 1992 *
Prunus serotina Stem 0.2 810.0 0.1 Duke, 1992 *
Psidium cattleianum Fruit 2.0 82.0 -0.2 Duke, 1992 *
Psidium guajava Fruit 3.0 73.0 -0.2 Duke, 1992 *
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus Leaf 20.0 259.0 -0.3 Duke, 1992 *
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus Seed 15.0 158.0 0.0 Duke, 1992 *
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus Tuber 20.0 47.0 -0.9 Duke, 1992 *
Psoralea esculenta Root not available 39.0 -0.4 Izadoost, M. & Robinson, T., Synergism & antagonism in the pharmacology of alkaloidal plants, pp 137-58 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds., Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture & Pharmacology, v. 2, 1987, 255pp.
Pueraria montana Root 6.0 19.0 -0.4 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Pueraria pseudohirsuta Root 50.0 68.0 -0.3 Duke, 1992 *