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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
Serenoa repens Fruit 9.0 66.0 -0.3 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Sesamum indicum Seed 20.0 169.0 0.1 *
Sicana odorifera Fruit 6.0 48.0 -0.3 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Sida rhombifolia Leaf 50.0 253.0 -0.3 *
Siegesbeckia orientalis Plant 190.0 -0.5 *
Silybum marianum Leaf 23.0 106.0 -0.7 *
Silybum marianum Plant 106.0 -0.6 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Simmondsia chinensis Seed 46.0 -0.5 *
Sinapis alba Seed 90.0 370.0 1.0 *
Sinomenium acutum Rhizome 150.0 -0.6 *
Smilax officinalis Root 19.0 91.0 -0.3 *
Smilax spp Root 19.0 91.0 -0.3 *
Solanum melongena Fruit 3.0 137.0 0.0 *
Solanum melongena Leaf 155.0 1140.0 2.0 *
Solanum nigrum Leaf 3.0 660.0 0.8 *
Solanum quitoensis Fruit 34.0 49.0 -0.3 *
Solanum sessiliflorum Fruit 6.0 60.0 -0.3 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
Solanum torvum Fruit 46.0 315.0 0.7 *
Solanum tuberosum Tuber 5.0 128.0 -0.1 *
Sonchus oleraceus Leaf 31.0 455.0 0.2 *