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

Chemical ID

RIBOFLAVIN

Ubiquitous

Yes

List of known dosages
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

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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
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.

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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
Licania platypus	Fruit	0.1	0.8	-0.9	Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
Limonia acidissima	Fruit	1.7	5.6	0.1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Linum usitatissimum	Seed	not available	1.7	-0.7	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Lobelia inflata	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Luffa aegyptiaca	Fruit	0.6	12.0	1.5	Duke, 1992 *
Luffa aegyptiaca	Leaf	0.6	6.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Lupinus albus	Seed	2.0	3.0	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Lupinus mutabilis	Fruit	1.5	5.2	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Lupinus mutabilis	Seed	4.4	4.9	0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Lycium chinense	Fruit	not available	1.4	-0.8	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Lycium chinense	Leaf	3.1	30.0	0.0	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Lycopersicon esculentum	Fruit	1.0	8.0	0.6	Duke, 1992 *
Macadamia spp	Seed	not available	1.0	-1.0	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Malpighia glabra	Fruit	0.6	7.0	0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Malus domestica	Fruit	not available	1.3	-0.8	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Malva parviflora	Plant	not available	2.0	-0.7	Duke, 1992 *
Malva sylvestris	Leaf	2.0	35.0	0.0	Duke, 1992 *
Mammea americana	Fruit	0.2	3.8	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Mangifera indica	Fruit	0.5	3.3	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Mangifera indica	Leaf	0.6	2.7	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *