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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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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
CYANIDIN-3-RUTINOSIDE 1 Fruit *
CYANIDIN-MONOGLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CYANIN 5 Fruit *
DACTYLIFRIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
DEHYDROXY-METHYL FLAZIN 0 Fruit 0.4 *
DELPHINIDIN 9 Plant *
DELPHINIDIN-3-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DELPHINIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 1 Fruit *
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 1 Fruit *
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Fruit Juice *
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Fruit *
DELPHINIDIN-3-RUTINOSIDE 0 Fruit *
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DIOSPHENOL 4 Bud *
EMULSIN 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EO 0 Bulb 7500.0 -0.37 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
EO 0 Leaf 200.0 -1.00 *
EPIGALLOCATECHIN 6 Leaf *
ETHANOL 24 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ETHYL-ACETATE 6 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
PAF-Inhibitor 2 *
Paralytic 1 *
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Pediculicide 1 *
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfume 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery 20 Merck 11th Edition
Peristaltic 2 *
Pesticide 56 *
Peticide 1 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phagocytotic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Pigment 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 *
Preservative 3 Merck 11th Edition
Proliferant 1 *