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
Antitumor (Breast)	230 ug/kg orl rat	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	240 ug/kg diet	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic	not available	Rafatullah, S., Tariq, M., Al-Yahya, M.A., Mossa, J.S., and Ageel, A.M. 1989. Evaluation of Turmeric (Curcuma longa) for Gastric and Duodenal Antiulcer Activity in Rats. J. of Ethnopharmacology, 29: 25-34, 1990.
Anxiolytic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AP-1-Inhibitor	2-50 uM	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	not available	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	200 ug/day	Duke, 1992 *
Depressant	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.
Fungicide	not available	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Immunomodulator	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	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
NF-kB-Inhibitor	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer	not available	Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	IC50=2-50 uM	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Myrica cerifera	Bark	1.0	3.4	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Nepeta cataria	Plant	2.0	12.3	0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Panax ginseng	Root	0.5	2.5	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Parthenium integrifolium	Root	0.4	2.5	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Passiflora incarnata	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Petroselinum crispum	Plant	0.0	0.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Phaseolus vulgaris	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Phaseolus vulgaris	Seed	0.0	0.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Phyllanthus emblica	Fruit	2.4	12.0	2.6	Duke, 1992 *
Pimenta dioica	Plant	not available	0.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Pinus echinata	Shoot	0.0	0.2	1.4	Duke, 1992 *
Pistacia vera	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Pisum sativum	Seed	0.0	0.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Plantago major	Seed	0.3	1.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Plantago psyllium	Seed	0.3	1.4	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Polygonum multiflorum	Root	not available	74.0	4.9	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Prunus domestica	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Prunus dulcis	Seed	0.0	0.1	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Prunus persica	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Prunus persica	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *