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

 BORON

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Chemid
BORON
Ubiquitous
Yes

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Plant Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
Acacia catechu Plant -- -- -- *
Allium cepa Bulb 1.0 45.0 1.0 *
Allium sativum var. sativum Bulb 3.0 6.0 -1.0 *
Alocasia macrorrhiza Root 1.0 3.3 -0.8 *
Amorphophallus campanulatus Root 1.7 7.7 -0.6 *
Anacardium occidentale Seed -- 3.2 -1.0 *
Ananas comosus Fruit -- 0.2 -0.8 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron).
Anethum graveolens Plant 4.0 35.0 -0.5 *
Anethum graveolens Seed 28.0 50.0 1.2 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron).
Annona muricata Fruit -- 3.0 -0.7 *
Annona squamosa Leaf -- 107.0 1.2 *
Apium graveolens Root 4.0 103.0 2.9 *
Apium graveolens Seed 43.0 61.0 1.7 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron).
Arachis hypogaea Seed 5.0 18.0 -0.3 *
Armoracia rusticana Root 6.0 27.0 0.1 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
Artocarpus altilis Fruit 5.2 23.0 -0.3 *
Asparagus officinalis Shoot 6.0 104.0 1.5 *
Avena sativa Seed 2.0 7.0 -0.8 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron).
Averrhoa carambola Fruit 0.6 8.0 -0.6 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Bertholletia excelsa Seed -- 2.7 -1.0 Furr, A.K., et al. 1979
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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.