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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Fragaria spp (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Strawberry
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
LYSINE 4 Fruit 250.0 2966.0 -0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 98.0 1545.0 -0.27 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit 3500.0 8000.0 -0.43 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MALVIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 1.4 125.0 0.42 *
MERCURY 1 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.41 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 10.0 119.0 -1.03 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHYL-FURFURAL 0 Plant *
METHYL-SALICYLATE 21 Leaf *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Fruit 0.1 -0.47 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
MUFA 13 Fruit 520.0 6168.0 -0.16 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
N-NONAL 0 Leaf *
N-NONANOL 0 Leaf *
N-OCTANOL 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
NIACIN 39 Fruit 2.3 27.0 -0.45 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NICKEL 3 Fruit 0.0 0.4 -0.67 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
NICOTINIC-ACID 11 Plant 2.0 -0.75 *
NITROGEN 0 Fruit 880.0 10000.0 -0.32 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 510.0 6050.0 -0.43 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cholinergic 1 Martindale's 28th
Cicatrizant 1 *
Circulotonic 2 *
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 *
Co-carcinogenic 2 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing 2 *
Collagenic 2 *
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 *
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