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.
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
Averrhoa bilimbi	Fruit	6.0	175.0	0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Averrhoa carambola	Fruit	1.0	165.0	0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Bacopa monnieri	Shoot	not available	78.0	-0.6	Wealth of India.
Bactris gasipaes	Fruit	6.0	45.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Barosma betulina	Leaf	not available	867.0	1.3	Duke, 1992 *
Basella alba	Leaf	12.0	175.0	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Belamcanda chinensis	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.
Benincasa hispida	Fruit	4.0	125.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Berberis vulgaris	Root	not available	141.0	-0.2	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Berberis vulgaris	Bark	not available	141.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Bertholletia excelsa	Seed	30.0	93.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Beta vulgaris	Leaf	7.0	392.0	0.1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Beta vulgaris	Root	5.0	165.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Bixa orellana	Fruit	8.0	56.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Bixa orellana	Seed	42.0	56.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Blechnum orientale	Rhizome	not available	70.0	-0.9	Duke, 1992 *
Bletilla striata	Tuber	not available	100.0	-0.4	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.
Blighia sapida	Aril	27.0	130.0	0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Blighia sapida	Seed	17.0	173.0	0.1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Boehmeria nivea	Leaf	16.0	123.0	-0.6	Duke, 1992 *