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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-ABSCISIC-ACID 0 Plant *
2-HEXEN-1-AL 0 Plant *
2-METHYL-NAPHTHALENE 0 Plant *
AGRIMONIIN 7 Leaf Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
ALANINE 3 Fruit 310.0 3677.0 -0.01 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Fruit 780.0 9253.0 3.04 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Fruit 1.0 54.0 -0.29 *
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit 3.0 70.0 -0.20 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
ANTHOCYANIN 3 Plant *
ARBUTIN 15 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ARGININE 14 Fruit 260.0 3084.0 -0.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC 2 Fruit 0.0 -0.52 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 400.0 6948.0 0.15 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 3190.0 4350.0 -0.04 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASH 0 Fruit 3900.0 52065.0 -0.12 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Plant *
ASPARAGINIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 1380.0 16370.0 0.82 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.1 7.0 -0.14 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Juvabional 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratolytic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Larvicide 1 *
Larvistat 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 5 *
Laxative? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic 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
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 2 *
Lipolytic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Lipotropic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 7 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Lubricant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
Lymphocytogenic 1 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor 2 *
MAO-Inhibitor 3 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
Memorigenic 1 *