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

Chemical ID

SELENIUM

Ubiquitous

Yes

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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
Analgesic	200 ug/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anorexic	not available	Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Antiacne	200 ug/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiaggregant	not available	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiangiogenic	2 uM	Duke, 1992 *
Antiangiogenic	230 ug/kg orl rat	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Anticataract	400 ug/day	Duke, 1992 *
Anticirrhotic	not available	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlimacteric	200 ug/day	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoronary	200 ug/day	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	not available	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidepressant	200 ug/day	Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Mercury)	not available	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifibrotic	400 ug	Duke, 1992 *
Antigout	200 ug	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeshan	not available	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.

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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
Achillea millefolium	Plant	0.3	1.6	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Actaea racemosa	Root	not available	3.2	-0.1	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Agathosma betulina	Leaf	not available	70.0	5.0	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Allium cepa	Bulb	0.0	0.0	-1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Allium sativum var. sativum	Root	0.6	1.6	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Allium sativum var. sativum	Bulb	0.1	1.6	1.0	Duke, 1992 *
Aloe spp.	Leaf	not available	2.3	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Aloe vera	Leaf	not available	2.3	-0.2	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Althaea officinalis	Root	0.4	3.3	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Amorphophallus konjac	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Anacardium occidentale	Seed	not available	0.2	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Anethum graveolens	Plant	0.0	0.0	-0.4	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
Angelica sinensis	Root	0.1	0.4	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Apium graveolens	Seed	not available	0.2	-0.3	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Apium graveolens	Root	not available	0.0	-0.4	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
Apium graveolens	Fruit	not available	0.2	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Arachis hypogaea	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Arctium lappa	Root	0.3	1.4	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	Leaf	0.2	1.6	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Armoracia rusticana	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *