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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PUFA 4 Fruit 1860.0 22064.0 0.74 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-BETA-GLUCURONIDE 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.
QUERCETIN-3-BETA-MONOGLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 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.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.7 8.0 0.64 Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Fruit 0.2 6.5 -0.94 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SALICYLATES 7 Fruit not available 0.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
SELENIUM 60 Fruit not available 0.0 -0.39 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SERINE 1 Fruit 230.0 2728.0 -0.32 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA 0 Fruit 200.0 2372.0 -0.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SILICON 4 Fruit 10.0 270.0 0.27 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SODIUM 1 Fruit 8.0 106.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit 40.0 475.0 -0.25 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STIGMASTEROL 12 Fruit not available not available not available Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SULFUR 14 Fruit 77.0 1270.0 -0.10 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
TANNIN 35 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.2 4.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit 190.0 2254.0 -0.32 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Floral-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fungicide 17 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Fungistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
GABA-nergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gastroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glaucomagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Glutathione-Depleting 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic 2 Martindale's 29th
Goitrogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hematopoietic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemopoietic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat 7 Duke, 1992 *
Hemostatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatomagenic 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.