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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
Metal-Chelator 2 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Molluscicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Monoamine-Precursor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mosquitofuge 2 Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant 2 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Mycoplasmistat 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Myorelaxant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 5 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).