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

Chemical ID

TOCOPHEROL

Ubiquitous

Yes

List of known dosages
Dosage	Reference
PTD=800 mg/day
RDA=2-10 mg/day
ADI=2 mg/kg	Martindale's 28th

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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
Hypocholesterolemic	100-450 IU/man/day	Duke, 1992 *
Hypoglycemic	600 IU/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
Immunomodulator	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	60-800 IU	Duke, 1992 *
Insulin-Sparing	1,000 IU	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	not available	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
NO-Inhibitor	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	400 mg/kg	Duke, 1992 *
P21-Inducer	500-10,000 uM	Duke, 1992 *
Phospholipase-A2-Inhibitor	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	10-50 uM	Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	IC50=450 uM	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	not available	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

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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
Actinidia chinensis	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Anacardium occidentale	Seed	not available	8.0	-0.4	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Asparagus officinalis	Shoot	19.8	256.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Bertholletia excelsa	Seed	76.0	80.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Capsicum annuum	Fruit	not available	24.0	-0.5	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Capsicum frutescens	Fruit	not available	24.0	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Ceratonia siliqua	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Elaeagnus angustifolia	Fruit	1.0	20.0	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Elaeagnus umbellatus	Fruit	44.0	250.0	2.1	Duke, 1992 *
Fagopyrum esculentum	Seed	not available	42.0	-0.4	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
Ficus carica	Fruit	not available	1.0	-0.8	Blaschek, W., Hansel, R., Keller, K., Reichling, J., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1998. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Auflage Band 2 (A-K), 909 pp., (L-Z), 858 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Foeniculum vulgare	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Foeniculum vulgare	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Frangula alnus	Fruit	not available	200.0	1.5	Duke, 1992 *
Helianthus annuus	Seed	not available	34000.0	2.6	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
Hibiscus sabdariffa	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Ipomoea aquatica	Leaf	118.0	1180.0	1.7	Duke, 1992 *
Ipomoea batatas	Leaf	not available	81.0	-0.9	Duke, 1992 *
Ipomoea batatas	Root	not available	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Lactuca virosa	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *