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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Ribes nigrum (Grossulariaceae)

Common Names
Black Currant
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
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 220.0 1720.0 -0.19 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 0.5 27.0 -0.23 *
MERCURY 1 Fruit 0.0 -0.37 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
METHANOL 2 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
METHYL-BENZOATE 4 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
METHYL-BUTYRATE 2 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
METHYL-N-HEXENOATE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
METHYL-SALICYLATE 21 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
METHYL-SALICYLATE 21 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MOLYBDENUM 2 Fruit 0.1 0.6 -0.36 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
MYRCENE 22 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MYRCENE 22 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MYRICETIN 34 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MYRICETIN 34 Fruit Juice *
MYRICETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
MYRICETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Juice *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Fruit *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 3.0 17.0 -0.58 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NICKEL 3 Fruit 0.1 -0.75 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
NITROGEN 0 Fruit 1800.0 12775.0 -0.13 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
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