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
Schisandra chinensis	Fruit	0.1	0.7	-0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Scutellaria lateriflora	Plant	0.1	0.8	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Senna alexandrina	Leaf	0.3	1.6	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Senna obtusifolia	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Serenoa repens	Fruit	0.3	2.6	0.3	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Silybum marianum	Leaf	2.0	7.1	0.2	Duke, 1992 *
Silybum marianum	Plant	not available	7.1	-0.1	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Smilax officinalis	Root	0.7	3.1	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Smilax spp	Root	0.7	3.1	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Solanum melongena	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Solanum tuberosum	Tuber	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Sorbus aucubaria	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Spinacia oleracea	Leaf	not available	0.1	-0.4	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
Spirulina spp.	Plant	not available	1.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Stachys officinalis	Plant	0.5	2.8	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Stellaria media	Plant	not available	0.4	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Stevia rebaudiana	Leaf	not available	25.0	1.5	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus	Stem	0.0	0.1	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Symphytum officinale	Leaf	0.1	1.2	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Symphytum officinale	Root	not available	5.7	0.0	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.