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

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

Download these results as:

CSV

EXCEL

PDF

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 *

Download these results as:

CSV

EXCEL

PDF

List of chemical plants.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Plant Name	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
Drynaria fortunei	Rhizome	not available	17.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Echinacea purpurea	Root	1.3	5.1	-0.8	Duke, 1992 *
Echinacea spp	Root	not available	5.1	-0.8	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Elaeagnus umbellatus	Fruit	3.0	20.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Elettaria cardamomum	Fruit	23.0	28.0	-0.1	Duke, 1992 *
Eleutherococcus senticosus	Root	0.9	4.2	-0.9	Duke, 1992 *
Elytrigia repens	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Ephedra sinica	Plant	0.4	2.1	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Ephedra spp	Plant	not available	8.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Equisetum arvense	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Equisetum hyemale	Plant	not available	10.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Eriobotrya japonica	Leaf	not available	28.0	-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.
Eriocaulon sp	Leaf	not available	21.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Eriodictyon californicum	Leaf	0.4	1.7	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *
Erythroxylum coca	Leaf	18.0	29.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Erythroxylum novogranatense	Leaf	19.0	22.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Erythroxylum novogranatense	Leaf	16.0	33.0	-0.3	Duke, 1992 *
Eucommia ulmoides	Bark	not available	14.0	0.1	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.
Euodia rutaecarpa	Fruit	not available	18.0	-0.4	Duke, 1992 *
Eupatorium perfoliatum	Plant	0.2	2.0	-0.5	Duke, 1992 *