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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
Cholinergic 1 Martindale's 28th
Cicatrizant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 3 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Inhibitor 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
CNS-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Co-carcinogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing 2 Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Colorant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic 2 Martindale's 29th
COMP-Inhibitor 1 Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.
COMT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Convulsant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Copper-Antagonist 1 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