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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
Diaphoretic? 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 13 Merck 11th Edition
DME-Inhibitor 1 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134.
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Emetic 1 Martindale's 29th
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Essential 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fibrinolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor 12 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry