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

Chemical ID

SELENIUM

Ubiquitous

Yes

List of known dosages
Dosage
PTD=1 mg/day
RDA=10-75 ug/day
LD50=6,700 mg/kg (orl rat)

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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
Antileukemic	1.6 mg/kg ipr mus	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	not available	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimaculitic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic	480 ug/kg	Duke, 1992 *
Antimenopausal	200 ug/day	Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic	480 ug/kg	Duke, 1992 *
Antimyalgic	200 ug/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiNF-kB	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antiosteoarthritic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant	100-200 (-400) ug/man/day	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	200-400 ug/day	Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferant	2 uM	Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular	100-200 (-400) ug/man/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
Antirheumatic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X	100-200 (-400) ug/man/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
Antitumor	100-200 (-400) ug/man/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
Antitumor (brain)	38-150 ug/kg	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	333.6 ug/day	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	0.8 mg/kg scu mus	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	150 ug/kg diet rat	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Viscum album	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Vitis vinifera	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Vitis vinifera	Stem	not available	18.0	1.9	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Yucca baccata	Root	0.2	0.9	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Zea mays	Seed	0.0	0.5	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Zea mays	Silk Stigma Style	not available	5.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Zingiber officinale	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Zingiber officinale	Root	0.1	1.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *