Prenatal Vitamin Formulae Comparison Chart
Nutrient  Units Food Stores/OTC Pharmacies-Prescription Only
Eclectic Inst.
 OPTINATAL  		Richlife's
PreNatal		 Dr. Donsbach
PreNatal		 Carson
PreNatal		 American
Health		 Lilly's
En-Cebrin		 Meade Johnson
Nalalins		 Parke-Davis
Natabec		 Stuart
Natel		 Lederle's
Materna		 Mission
PreNatal
Vitamin A I .U. 5,000 10,000 10,000 8,000 8,000 4000 8000 4000 8000 8000 4000
Beta Carotene I .U. 5,000 - - - - - - - - - -
Vitamin D I .U. 400 400 400 400 400 400 400 400 400 400 400
Vitamin E

I .U.

 400

60

 200 60 60 0 30 0 30 30 0
Vitamin C mg 1000 120 500 120 120 50 90 50 60 100 100
Folic Acid mcg 800 800 800 800 800 0 800 0 800 1000 800
Vitamin B-1 mg 50 10 15 3 3 3 1.7 3 1.7 3 5
Vitamin B-2 mg 50 10 15 3.4 3.4 2 2 2 2 3.4 2
Vitamin B-6 mg 75 10 50 4 4 1.7 4 3 4 4 10
Vitamin B-12 mcg 150 30 100 12 12 5 8   512   2
Niacinamide mg 100 40 100 40 0 10 20 10 20 20 8
Pantothenic Acid mg 100 25 25 20 20 5 0 0 0 0 10
Biotin mcg 200 300 300 300 300 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niacin mg 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0
PABA mg 75 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Calcium mg 1000 700 750 650 843 250 200 600 200 250 320
Phosphorus mg 0 300 200 280 651 0 0 0 0 0 0
Magnesium mg 500 350 300 225 450 5 100 0 100 25 0
Zinc mg 30 15 15 15 15 1.5 0 0 0 25 0
Iron mg 40 40 20 36 18 30 45 150 60 60 38.6
Iodine mcg 225 225 225 300 150 150 150 0 150 300 0
Potassium mg 99 99 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manganese mg 15 15 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Selenium mcg 150 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chromium mcg 150 50 200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Choline mg 50 200 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inositol mg 50 200 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Copper mg 3 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 0
Lecithin mg 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bioflavinoids mg 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rutin mg 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hesperidin mg 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Betaine HCL mg 150 0 0