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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cucurbita pepo | Seed | 75.0 | 200.0 | 4.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cucurbita spp | Fruit | 2.0 | 41.0 | 0.3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cuminum cyminum | Fruit | 41.0 | 58.0 | 0.8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cuminum cyminum | Seed | 41.0 | 58.0 | 0.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Curcuma longa | Plant | 0.5 | 1.5 | -0.5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Curcuma longa | Rhizome | not available | 22.0 | -0.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cymbopogon citratus | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| Cynanchum atratum | Root | not available | 31.0 | 0.3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cynara cardunculus | Flower | 4.0 | 36.0 | 0.1 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Cyperus rotundus | Rhizome | not available | 33.0 | -0.3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cypripedium pubescens | Root | not available | 67.0 | 1.9 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| Cyrtosperma chamissonis | Root | 10.0 | 50.0 | 1.1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Daucus carota | Root | 2.0 | 79.0 | 2.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dendrobium nobile | Stem | not available | 26.0 | -1.3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dioscorea alata | Root | 2.0 | 17.0 | -0.3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dioscorea bulbifera | Rhizome | not available | 12.0 | -0.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dioscorea sp. | Root | not available | 56.0 | 1.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dioscorea villosa | Root | 1.3 | 5.6 | -0.8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diospyros virginiana | Leaf | 5.0 | 25.0 | -0.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diospyros virginiana | Stem | 9.0 | 162.0 | 0.7 | Duke, 1992 * |