Chemical ID
ZINC
Ubiquitous
Yes
Dosage | Reference |
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PTD=500 mg/day | |
RDA=5-19 mg/day | |
RDA=5.5-22 | Martindale's 29th |
Activity | Dosage | Reference |
---|---|---|
ACE-Inhibitor | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Analgesic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiacne | 135 mg/day | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiacrodermatitic | 8-34 mg/day/orl/chd | Martindale's 29th |
Antialcoholic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Antialopecic | not available | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antialzheimeran | 50 mg/day | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Antiangiogenic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Antianorexic | not available | Martindale's 29th |
Antiarthritic | 50 mg/3x/day/orl/man | Duke, 1992 * |
AntiBPH | 25-60 mg/day | Duke, 1992 * |
Anticanker | 100 mg/day | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Anticataract | 30 mg/day | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Anticoeliac | not available | Martindale's 28th |
Anticold | 50 mg | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Anticolitic | not available | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Anticoronary | 30 mg/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 |
AntiCrohn's | not available | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antidandruff | not available | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antidementia | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pimenta dioica | Fruit | 11.0 | 20.0 | -0.3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Pimpinella anisum | Fruit | not available | 59.0 | 0.9 | Duke, 1992 * |
Pimpinella anisum | Seed | not available | 59.0 | 0.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Pinellia ternata | Tuber | 14.0 | 18.0 | -0.6 | Duke, 1992 * |
Pinus echinata | Shoot | 6.0 | 88.0 | -0.6 | Duke, 1992 * |
Pinus edulis | Seed | 40.0 | 50.0 | 0.1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Pinus pinea | Seed | 42.0 | 46.0 | 0.0 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
Piper nigrum | Fruit | 11.2 | 35.7 | 0.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Pistacia vera | Seed | 3.0 | 30.0 | -0.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Pisum sativum | Seed | 11.0 | 60.0 | 0.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Plantago asiatica | Plant | not available | 31.0 | -0.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Plantago major | Seed | 0.8 | 2.5 | -1.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Plantago psyllium | Seed | 0.5 | 2.1 | -1.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Platycodon grandiflorum | Root | 13.0 | 18.0 | -0.3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Polygala tenuifolia | Root | not available | 12.0 | -0.5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Polygonum multiflorum | Plant | not available | 24.5 | -0.3 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
Polygonum multiflorum | Rhizome | not available | 8.0 | -0.4 | Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272. |
Polygonum multiflorum | Root | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
Polystichum polyblepharum | Plant | 34.0 | 60.0 | 0.1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Portulaca oleracea | Shoot | 3.0 | 60.0 | -0.7 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |