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Plant Fragaria spp (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Strawberry
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 1.4 125.0 0.42 Duke, 1992 *
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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-SALICYLATE 21 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Fruit not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-NONANOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-OCTANOL 0 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.
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Fruit not available not available not available 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 not available 2.0 -0.75 Duke, 1992 *
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antifatigue 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 6 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigastritic 4 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglutamaergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigoiter 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.