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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 ASCORBIC-ACID

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Chemid
ASCORBICACID
A list of known dosages for ASCORBIC-ACID
Dosage*Reference
RDA=60-100 mg/man/day *
RDA=30-95 mg/day *
PTD=1-5 g *
LD50=518 (ivn mus) Jim Duke's personal files.
Ubiquitous
Yes

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List of all chemical plants
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Plant Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
Abelmoschus esculentus Plant 190.0 2340.0 0.0 *
Abelmoschus esculentus Fruit 130.0 2340.0 -0.1 *
Acacia farnesiana Leaf 490.0 2636.0 -0.2 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Acacia nilotica Plant -- -- -- *
Acacia senegal Plant -- -- -- Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Acalypha indica Leaf 1470.0 7540.0 0.3 Wealth of India.
Achillea millefolium Leaf 580.0 3100.0 -0.2 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Achillea millefolium Plant 119.0 672.0 -0.4 *
Acorus calamus Plant -- -- -- *
Actaea racemosa Root -- 21.0 -0.6 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Actinidia chinensis Fruit 750.0 6370.0 0.1 *
Aegle marmelos Fruit 80.0 1330.0 -0.2 *
Aesculus hippocastanum Seed -- 24.0 -0.3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Aesculus hippocastanum Leaf -- 147.2 -0.4 Jim Duke's personal files.
Agathosma betulina Leaf -- 4900.0 0.0 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Albizia lebbeck Seed -- 17.0 -0.3 Wealth of India.
Aleurites moluccana Seed -- 0.0 -0.3 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Alliaria petiolata Plant -- -- -- *
Allium ampeloprasum Flower 400.0 2367.0 -0.1 *
Allium ampeloprasum Leaf 170.0 3019.0 -0.2 *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.