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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
DIHYDROTRIMETHYLNAPHTHALENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Fruit 430.0 8430.0 1.73 Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Leaf 8080.0 32300.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Seed 1370.0 21650.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGITANNIN 8 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.
EO 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 2350.0 59893.0 -0.18 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FAT 0 Seed not available 190000.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 5300.0 181000.0 0.37 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FLAVONOIDS 0 Plant not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
FLUORINE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.9 -0.45 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
FOLACIN 15 Fruit 0.1 0.2 -0.75 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FURFURAL 6 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Fruit 80.0 121.0 -1.07 Jim Duke's personal files.
GALLOCATECHIN 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.
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 22 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 900.0 10676.0 -0.20 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLUTAMINE 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 240.0 2847.0 -0.29 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 Chemical Count Reference
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipidemic 1 Choi, J.S., Yokozawa,* T., and Oura, H. Antihyperlipidemic Effect Of Flavonoids From Prunus davidiana. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 218-224, 1991.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 11 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichthyosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiielus? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiimplantation 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiimpotence 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfarctal 1 Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 28 Duke, 1992 *