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
Pyrus communis	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Quercus alba	Bark	0.3	1.5	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Quercus alba	Stem	0.0	0.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Quercus phellos	Stem	0.0	0.3	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Quercus rubra	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Quercus stellata	Stem	0.0	0.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Raphanus sativus	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Rheum rhabarbarum	Pt	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Rhodymenia palmata	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Rhus glabra	Stem	0.0	0.3	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Ribes nigrum	Fruit	not available	0.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Ribes rubrum	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Ribes uva-crispa	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Rosa canina	Fruit	0.4	2.1	0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Rubus chamaemorus	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Rubus idaeus	Leaf	0.4	2.5	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Rumex crispus	Root	0.6	2.5	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Ruscus aculeatus	Root	0.4	1.4	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Salix alba	Bark	0.2	1.1	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Salvia officinalis	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *