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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
CAREN-3 0 Leaf 38.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Fruit 119000.0 3.15 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Leaf 34.0 -0.65 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CELLULOSE 1 Fruit *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Fruit *
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit 0.0 0.3 -0.47 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Fruit *
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CIS-HEX-3-EN-1-OL 2 Plant *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit 35000.0 -0.08 *
CITRONELLOL 15 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CITRONELLYL-ACETATE 2 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CITRONELLYL-ACETATE 2 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
COBALT 2 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.53 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
COPPER 12 Fruit 0.6 7.0 -0.45 *
CYANIDIN 7 Plant *
CYANIDIN-3-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
CYANIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Fruit Juice *
CYANIDIN-3-O-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Fruit *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
GABA-nergic 1 *
Gastroprotective 3 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 *
Glutathionalytic 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-92.
Glutathione-Depleting 1 *
Goitrogenic 1 *
Gram(+)icide 1 *
Gram(-)icide 1 *
GST-Inducer 1 *
Hallucinogenic 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostat 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hemostatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 *
Hepatomagenic 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 9 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hepatotonic 2 *
Hepatotoxic 4 Lewis, E.J. and Friedrich, E.C. 1989. The Essential Oil of Poliomintha incana. Planta Medica 56(2): 224-226, 1990.
Hepatotropic 2 *
Herbicide 10 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.