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Plant Fragaria spp (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Strawberry
How this plant is used
Food
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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
Antinyctalopic 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiobesity 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antioncychomycotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antionychyotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antiosteotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 37 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant Synergist 3 Merck 11th Edition
Antioxidant? 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 3 Martindale's 28th
Antiperiodic 1 Duke, 1992 *