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Chemical ID
ZINC
Ubiquitous
Yes
| Dosage | Reference |
|---|---|
| PTD=500 mg/day | |
| RDA=5-19 mg/day | |
| RDA=5.5-22 | Martindale's 29th |
| Activity | Dosage | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antidiabetic | 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 |
| Antidote (Cadmium) | not available | Let's Live, May 1989. |
| Antidysgeuzic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antieczemic | 150 mg/day | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiencephalopathic | not available | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiepileptic | 100 mg/day | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antifibrotic | 30 mg | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifuruncular | 45 mg/3x/day/man | Martindale's 28th |
| Antihangover | 15 mg | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic? | 25-60 mg/day | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiimpotence | not available | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiinfective | 50 mg/day | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinfertility | 60 mg/day | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinsomniac | not available | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antilepric | not available | Martindale's 29th |
| Antileukonychic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilymphomic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimaculitic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimetastatic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ginkgo biloba | Seed | 3.0 | 8.0 | -1.1 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Glechoma hederacea | Plant | 46.0 | 53.0 | 0.0 | Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 2205. |
| Glehnia littoralis | Root | not available | 26.0 | 0.1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glycine max | Seed | 22.0 | 90.0 | 1.3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glycyrrhiza glabra | Root | 0.1 | 0.3 | -1.0 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glycyrrhiza uralensis | Root | 11.0 | 13.0 | -0.5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gymnema sylvestre | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Harpagophytum procumbens | Root | 0.3 | 1.8 | -1.0 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Helianthus annuus | Seed | 46.0 | 54.0 | 0.3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Helianthus tuberosus | Tuber | 16.0 | 64.0 | 1.9 | Bonness, M. S., Promising new drugs from plants: poisons that heal, Herbarist, #56, 1990, 59-68 |
| Hibiscus sabdariffa | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hordeum vulgare | Seed | 20.0 | 30.0 | -0.4 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Hordeum vulgare | Sprout Seedling | not available | 20.0 | -1.4 | 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. |
| Hordeum vulgare | Stem | not available | 21.0 | -1.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Houttuynia cordata | Plant | not available | 56.0 | 0.0 | Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195. |
| Humulus lupulus | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| Humulus lupulus | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hydrangea arborescens | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hydrastis canadensis | Root | 0.4 | 1.6 | -1.0 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hyoscyamus niger | Seed | not available | 48.0 | 0.1 | Duke, 1992 * |