Chemical MAGNESIUM | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Chemical ID

MAGNESIUM

Ubiquitous

Yes

List of known dosages
Dosage	Reference
PTD=6,000 mg/day
RDA=40-400 mg/day
ADI=400-800 mg	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.

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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 Sort descending	Dosage	Reference
Antiaggregant	400 mg/day	Duke, 1992 *
Antialcoholic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antianginal	400 mg/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianorectic	not available	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianxiety	400 mg/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiarrhythmic	400 mg/day	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	not available	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiasthmatic	not available	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiatherosclerotic	400 mg/day	Duke, 1992 *
Anticephalagic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	500-750 mg/day	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	not available	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticoronary	400 mg/day	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antidepressant	not available	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic	400-800 mg/man/day	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysmenorrheic	100 mg 4 x/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiendometriotic	500 mg/day	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	450 mg/day	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 Sort descending	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
Abelmoschus esculentus	Fruit	380.0	6000.0	1.8	Duke, 1992 *
Abelmoschus manihot	Leaf	564.0	4862.0	0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Acacia catechu	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Acacia nilotica	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Acacia senegal	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Acanthopanax gracilistylis	Root Bark	not available	2840.0	1.1	Duke, 1992 *
Achillea millefolium	Plant	340.0	1920.0	-0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Achyranthes bidentata	Root	1440.0	5730.0	1.7	Duke, 1992 *
Aconitum carmichaelii	Tuber	not available	490.0	-0.9	Duke, 1992 *
Acorus calamus	Rhizome	not available	1100.0	-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.
Actaea dahurica	Rhizome	not available	1450.0	-0.2	Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
Actaea racemosa	Root	not available	1740.0	-0.4	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Actinidia chinensis	Fruit	300.0	1770.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Aframomum melegueta	Fruit	not available	1500.0	-0.3	Wealth of India.
Agathosma betulina	Leaf	not available	2210.0	-0.7	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Akebia quinata	Stem	not available	840.0	-1.7	Duke, 1992 *
Albizia julibrissin	Bark	not available	1090.0	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Alisma plantago-aquatica	Rhizome	1410.0	1740.0	0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Allium cepa	Bulb	76.0	1230.0	0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Allium sativum var. sativum	Root	448.0	1210.0	-0.7	Duke, 1992 *