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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
ETHYL-BENZOATE 1 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ETHYL-BUTYRATE 1 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EUCARVONE 0 Bud *
FAT 0 Fruit 3150.0 27977.0 -0.43 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FAT 0 Seed 250000.0 305000.0 0.21 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Fruit *
FIBER 15 Fruit 24000.0 133000.0 -0.08 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FLAVONOIDS 0 Leaf 4600.0 -0.77 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FLAZIN METHYL ETHER 0 Fruit 0.3 *
FLUORINE 0 Fruit 0.1 2.8 1.43 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
FORMALDEHYDE 12 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FORMIC-ACID 13 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FRUCTOSE 8 Fruit 36700.0 -0.34 *
GALLOCATECHIN 0 Leaf *
GALLOCATECHIN-(4-ALPHA-8)-GALLOCATECHIN-(4-ALPHA-8)-GALLOCATECHIN-GENTISIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
GALLOCATECHIN-(4ALPHA->8)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN 1 Leaf *
GALLOCATECHIN-(4ALPHA->8)-GALLOCATECHIN 1 Leaf *
GALLOCATECHIN-(4ALPHA->8)-GALLOCATECHIN-(4ALPHA->8)-GALLOCATECHIN 1 Leaf *
GAMMA-LINOLENIC-ACID 20 Seed 47500.0 57950.0 0.33 *
GAMMA-LINOLENIC-ACID 20 Seed Essent. Oil 170000.0 0.49 *
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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 *