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
Rhizophora mangle	Leaf	not available	152.0	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Rhodymenia palmata	Plant	not available	792.0	0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Ribes nigrum	Fruit	11.0	108.0	-0.1	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Ribes rubrum	Fruit	9.0	68.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Ribes uva-crispa	Fruit	2.5	40.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Rollinia mucosa	Fruit	12.0	53.0	-0.3	Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
Rosa canina	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Rosa laevigata	Fruit	not available	40.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Rosmarinus officinalis	Leaf	65.0	400.0	0.1	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Rosmarinus officinalis	Plant	220.0	400.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Rubia cordifolia	Root	not available	720.0	0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Rubus chamaemorus	Fruit	7.0	47.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Rubus chingii	Fruit	not available	110.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Rubus idaeus	Leaf	17.0	101.0	-0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Rubus idaeus	Fruit	5.0	45.0	-0.3	Revised USDA data received 1993.
Rumex acetosa	Leaf	16.0	160.0	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Rumex crispus	Root	20.0	76.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Ruscus aculeatus	Root	50.0	164.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Salix alba	Bark	3.5	21.0	-0.8	Duke, 1992 *
Salvia miltiorrhiza	Root	not available	230.0	-0.1	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.