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

Plant Basella alba (Basellaceae)

Common Names
Vinespinach
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
METHIONINE 15 Leaf 190.0 2755.0 -0.28 *
NIACIN 39 Leaf 5.0 70.0 -0.33 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Leaf 850.0 12320.0 0.53 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 520.0 7535.0 0.47 *
PROLINE 0 Leaf 700.0 10145.0 -0.16 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 18000.0 260870.0 0.49 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant *
SERINE 1 Leaf 570.0 8260.0 -0.57 *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.5 7.0 -0.27 *
THREONINE 4 Leaf 550.0 7970.0 -0.61 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Leaf 280.0 4060.0 1.08 *
TYROSINE 8 Leaf 480.0 6955.0 -0.29 *
VALINE 3 Leaf 650.0 9420.0 -0.92 *
WATER 0 Leaf 931000.0 0.62 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Allelochemic 1 (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 2 (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 3 (View) *
Analgesic 5 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 (View) *
Antiacid 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
AntiADD 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiaflatoxin 1 (View) *
AntiAGE 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 3 (View) Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Antiaging 3 (View) *