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

 SELENIUM

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Chemid
SELENIUM
A list of known dosages for SELENIUM
Dosage*Reference
RDA=10-75 ug/day *
PTD=1 mg/day *
LD50=6,700 mg/kg (orl rat) *
Ubiquitous
Yes

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List of all chemical plants
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Plant Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
Achillea millefolium Plant 0.3 1.6 -0.4 *
Actaea racemosa Root -- 3.2 -0.1 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Agathosma betulina Leaf -- 70.0 5.0 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Allium cepa Bulb 0.0 0.0 -1.0 *
Allium sativum var. sativum Bulb 0.1 1.6 1.0 *
Allium sativum var. sativum Root 0.6 1.6 -0.2 *
Aloe spp. Leaf -- 2.3 -0.2 *
Aloe vera Leaf -- 2.3 -0.2 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Althaea officinalis Root 0.4 3.3 -0.1 *
Amorphophallus konjac Root -- -- -- *
Anacardium occidentale Seed -- 0.2 -0.3 *
Anethum graveolens Plant 0.0 0.0 -0.4 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
Angelica sinensis Root 0.1 0.4 -0.3 *
Apium graveolens Root -- 0.0 -0.4 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
Apium graveolens Fruit -- 0.2 -0.3 *
Apium graveolens Seed -- 0.2 -0.3 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Arachis hypogaea Seed -- 0.0 -0.3 *
Arctium lappa Root 0.3 1.4 -0.3 *
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Leaf 0.2 1.6 -0.3 *
Armoracia rusticana Root -- -- -- *
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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.