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Chemical ID
IRON
Ubiquitous
Yes
| Dosage |
|---|
| PTD=100 mg/day |
| RDA=6-30 mg/day |
| 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 * |
| Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syzygium aromaticum | Flower | 45.0 | 150.0 | -0.1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Syzygium cumini | Fruit | 2.0 | 113.0 | -0.1 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Syzygium jambos | Fruit | 4.0 | 75.0 | -0.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Syzygium malaccense | Fruit | 0.0 | 80.0 | -0.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tabebuia heptaphylla | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tamarindus indica | Flower | not available | 70.0 | -0.6 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Tamarindus indica | Fruit | 13.0 | 109.0 | -0.1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tamarindus indica | Leaf | 52.0 | 88.0 | -0.7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tanacetum parthenium | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| Taraxacum mongolicum | Plant | not available | 910.0 | 0.3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Taraxacum officinale | Leaf | 31.0 | 900.0 | 1.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Taraxacum officinale | Root | 14.0 | 96.0 | -0.3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tephrosia candida | Plant | not available | 78.0 | -0.6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Terminalia catappa | Seed | 0.0 | 95.0 | -0.3 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Tetragonia tetragonioides | Leaf | 8.0 | 133.0 | -0.6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tetrapanax papyrifera | Pith | not available | 90.0 | -0.6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Theobroma bicolor | Fruit | 7.0 | 34.0 | -0.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Theobroma bicolor | Seed | 34.0 | 35.0 | -0.5 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Theobroma cacao | Seed | 36.0 | 37.0 | -0.5 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Theobroma speciosum | Fruit | 17.0 | 45.0 | -0.3 | J Cell Biochem VOL. 22=1995 |