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
Cnicus benedictus	Plant	0.5	3.4	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Cocos nucifera	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.3	Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
Corylus avellana	Seed	0.0	0.1	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Crataegus laevigata	Fruit	0.6	2.0	0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Crataegus rhipidophylla	Fruit	not available	20.0	4.6	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Cucumis melo	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Cucumis sativus	Fruit	0.0	2.8	0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Cucurbita pepo	Seed	0.1	0.4	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Curcuma longa	Plant	0.5	1.6	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Cymbopogon citratus	Plant	not available	62.0	2.3	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Cypripedium pubescens	Root	not available	49.0	3.1	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Daucus carota	Root	0.0	0.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Dioscorea sp.	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Dioscorea villosa	Root	0.2	0.8	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Echinacea purpurea	Root	0.5	2.1	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Echinacea spp	Root	not available	0.5	-0.3	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Eleutherococcus senticosus	Root	0.2	1.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Elytrigia repens	Plant	not available	102.0	4.1	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Ephedra sinica	Plant	0.3	1.2	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Equisetum arvense	Plant	0.3	1.3	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *