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Chemical ID
RIBOFLAVIN
Ubiquitous
Yes
| Dosage | Reference |
|---|---|
| LD50=340 (ipr mus) | Merck 11th Edition |
| LD50=5,000 (scu rat) | |
| LD50=560 (ipr rat) | |
| PTD=1,000 mg/day | |
| RDA=0.4-1.8 mg/day |
| Activity | Dosage | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiarabiflavinotic | 2-10 mg/day orl | Martindale's 28th |
| Anticarpal-Tunnel | 50 mg/day | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticataract | 15 mg/day | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticephalagic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticervicaldysplasic | 1.6-10 mg/day | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticheilitic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidecubitic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglossitic | not available | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antikeratitic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiLyme | 50 mg/day | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimigraine | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antioxidant | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipellagric | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiphotophobic | not available | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Cancer-Preventive | not available | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abelmoschus esculentus | Fruit | 0.6 | 7.0 | 0.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Abelmoschus esculentus | Seed | not available | 1.4 | -0.8 | Wealth of India. |
| Acacia farnesiana | Leaf | 2.0 | 9.0 | -0.1 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Acacia nilotica | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Achillea millefolium | Plant | 1.0 | 5.6 | -0.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Actaea racemosa | Root | not available | 0.7 | -0.7 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| Actinidia chinensis | Fruit | 0.5 | 3.0 | -0.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aegle marmelos | Fruit | 12.0 | 31.0 | 5.6 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Agathosma betulina | Leaf | not available | 1.1 | -0.2 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| Allium ampeloprasum | Flower | 1.9 | 11.2 | 1.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allium ampeloprasum | Leaf | 0.6 | 9.4 | -0.1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allium cepa | Bulb | 0.4 | 15.0 | 1.0 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allium sativum var. sativum | Root | 0.6 | 1.6 | -0.5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allium sativum var. sativum | Bulb | 0.5 | 3.0 | -1.0 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allium sativum var. sativum | Flower | 0.6 | 5.2 | -0.2 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Allium sativum var. sativum | Leaf | 1.4 | 10.3 | -0.1 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Allium sativum var. sativum | Shoot | 0.6 | 2.7 | -1.5 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Allium schoenoprasum | Leaf | 1.0 | 22.0 | -0.1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Alocasia macrorrhiza | Root | 0.2 | 0.6 | -0.8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Alocasia macrorrhiza | Leaf | 0.1 | 3.4 | -0.2 | Duke, 1992 * |