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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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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
LYSINE 4 Fruit 250.0 2966.0 -0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 98.0 1545.0 -0.27 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit 3500.0 8000.0 -0.43 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MALVIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 1.4 125.0 0.42 *
MERCURY 1 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.41 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 10.0 119.0 -1.03 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHYL-FURFURAL 0 Plant *
METHYL-SALICYLATE 21 Leaf *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Fruit 0.1 -0.47 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
MUFA 13 Fruit 520.0 6168.0 -0.16 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
N-NONAL 0 Leaf *
N-NONANOL 0 Leaf *
N-OCTANOL 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
NIACIN 39 Fruit 2.3 27.0 -0.45 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NICKEL 3 Fruit 0.0 0.4 -0.67 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
NICOTINIC-ACID 11 Plant 2.0 -0.75 *
NITROGEN 0 Fruit 880.0 10000.0 -0.32 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 510.0 6050.0 -0.43 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidysenteric 1 *
Antidysgeuzic 1 *
Antidyskinetic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidyspeptic 1 *
Antidysphagic 1 *
AntiEBV 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antielastase 2 *
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 6 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 *
Antiendotoxic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antienteritic 1 *
Antienterotic 1 *
Antiepileptic 5 *
Antiescherichic 3 *
Antiestrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.