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Chemical ID

ZINC

Ubiquitous

Yes

List of known dosages
Dosage	Reference
PTD=500 mg/day
RDA=5-19 mg/day
RDA=5.5-22	Martindale's 29th

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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
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 *

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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
Ginkgo biloba	Leaf	0.6	2.3	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
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 *