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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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THIAMIN

Chemical ID
THIAMIN
Ubiquitous
Yes
List of known dosages
Dosage Reference
LD50=301 (scu mus) Jim Duke's personal files.
PTD=300 mg/day
RDA=0.3-1.6 mg/day

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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 1-4 g/day Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antialcoholic 50-100 mg/day *
Antialzheimeran 100-3,000 mg/day Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianorectic Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antibackache 1-4 g/day Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiberiberi *
Anticanker *
Anticardiospasmic *
Anticataract *
Anticolitic *
Antidecubitic *
Antideliriant *
Antidementia *
Antidyspeptic *
Antiencephalopathic Martindale's 29th
Antifatigue Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigastritic Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihangover 50 mg *
Antiheartburn *
Antiherpetic *
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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
Ephedra sinica Plant 47.0 3.3 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Equisetum arvense Plant 0.0 -0.6 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Eriobotrya japonica Fruit 0.2 1.8 -0.5 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Eryngium floridanum Shoot 6.0 -0.7 *
Erythrina berteroana Shoot 1.9 12.0 -0.1 *
Erythrina fusca Leaf 2.4 9.0 0.1 *
Erythroxylum coca Leaf 3.5 8.0 -0.1 *
Eugenia brasiliensis Fruit 0.4 2.7 -0.3 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
Eugenia floribunda Fruit 0.2 1.6 -0.5 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Eugenia uniflora Fruit 0.2 2.1 -0.4 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Euphrasia officinalis Plant 4.3 -0.3 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Fagopyrum esculentum Seed 2.7 9.0 0.6 *
Ficus carica Fruit 0.0 3.3 -0.3 *
Foeniculum vulgare Seed 4.0 5.0 -0.4 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
Foeniculum vulgare Fruit 4.0 5.0 0.0 *
Foeniculum vulgare Plant 1.0 11.0 0.3 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Fragaria spp Fruit 0.2 4.0 -0.2 *
Frangula purshiana Bark 0.0 -0.7 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Fucus vesiculosus Plant 0.0 -0.6 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Garcinia mangostana Fruit 0.3 1.9 -0.4 *