Plant Ribes nigrum (Grossulariaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Black Currant

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(+)-CATECHIN	30	Fruit	5500.0	13800.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-GALLOCATECHIN	7	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-HARDWICKIIC ACID	0	Bud	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-SPATHULENOL	0	Bud	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
1-METHYL-4-ISOPROPYLBENZOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-PENTEN-3-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
2-BUTANOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
2-BUTANONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
2-HEXENAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
2-METHYL-3-BUTEN-2-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
2-METHYL-PROPANOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
2-PENTANOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
3-METHYL-2-BUTEN-1-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
3-METHYL-BUTANOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ACETALDEHYDE	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ACETIC-ACID	16	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ACETONE	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-ALANINE	0	Fruit Juice	not available	210.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Fruit	720.0	3988.0	0.65	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Sort descending	Chemical Count	Reference
(-)-Chronotropic	1 (View Chemicals list for (-)-Chronotropic)	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic	1 (View Chemicals list for (-)-Inotropic)	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2 (View Chemicals list for 11B-HSD-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	6 (View Chemicals list for 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for 5-HT-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2 (View Chemicals list for 5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	6 (View Chemicals list for Acaricide)	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1 (View Chemicals list for Acarifuge)	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	9 (View Chemicals list for ACE-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1 (View Chemicals list for Acetylcholinergic)	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	2 (View Chemicals list for AChE-Inhibitor)	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant	2 (View Chemicals list for Acidulant)	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Addictive	1 (View Chemicals list for Addictive)	Science News, 145: 294.
Aggregant	1 (View Chemicals list for Aggregant)	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2 (View Chemicals list for Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	15 (View Chemicals list for Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	9 (View Chemicals list for Allelochemic)	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	7 (View Chemicals list for Allelopathic)	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	24 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic?	1 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic?)	Duke, 1992 *