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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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hepatoprotective 14 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 253.
Hepatotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 2 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Herpetifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 224.
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperglycemic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Hypertensive 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperthyroid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypnotic 2 Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 19 Choi, J.S., Yokozawa,* T., and Oura, H. Antihyperlipidemic Effect Of Flavonoids From Prunus davidiana. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 218-224, 1991.
Hypoglycemic 13 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 13 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Hypothermic 1 Duke, 1992 *