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

Plant Rubus idaeus (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Red Raspberry, Raspberry
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Juice *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Leaf *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Pericarp *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Stem *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Juice *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Leaf *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Pericarp *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Plant *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Stem *
1-BETA-O-GALLOYLPEDUNCULAGIN 0 Leaf *
1-PENTANOL 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
1-PENTEN-3-OL 0 Plant *
2-HEXEN-4-OLIDE 0 Plant *
3-METHYL-2-BUTEN-1-OL 0 Plant *
5-METHYL-FURFURAL 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant *
ACETOIN 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-CAROTENE 7 Fruit 0.1 0.6 -0.46 *
ALPHA-FURANCARBONIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Fruit 9.0 56.0 -0.26 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Acaricide 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 6 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Acidulant 3 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Additive 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant 1 (View) 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) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 10 (View) *
Allelochemic 5 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 3 (View) Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 16 (View) *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *