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Plant Fragaria spp (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Strawberry
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed not available 9975.0 -0.90 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit 63.0 125.0 -0.08 Jim Duke's personal files.
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Fruit 19.0 108.0 -0.61 Jim Duke's personal files.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 140.0 1661.0 -0.34 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit 10.0 119.0 -0.32 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 3.4 40.0 1.40 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PECTIN 24 Fruit not available 5400.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
PEDUNCULAGIN 9 Leaf not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
PELARGONIC-ACID 0 Leaf 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.
PELARGONIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PELARGONIDIN-3-MONOGLUCOSIDE 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.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 185.0 3191.0 -0.01 Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Fruit not available 0.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTATE 0 Fruit 60.0 230.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Fruit 120.0 1423.0 0.62 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 1400.0 22500.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM-OXIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Fruit 190.0 1898.0 -0.58 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 5840.0 85000.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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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 Chemical Count Reference
Analgesic 13 Duke, 1992 *
Anaphrodisiac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 3 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anthelmintic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 8 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadenovirus 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiadrenalinic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaflatoxin 4 Duke, 1992 *