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

Plant Ribes rubrum (Grossulariaceae)

Common Names
Red Currant, White 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
ACETIC-ACID 16 Fruit *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Fruit 350.0 2180.0 -0.17 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Fruit 8.0 59.0 -0.21 *
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit 3.0 100.0 -0.19 *
ARSENIC 2 Fruit 0.0 0.2 -0.31 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 300.0 2554.0 -0.13 *
ASH 0 Fruit 6000.0 75000.0 0.47 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.3 4.0 -0.14 *
BORIC-ACID 1 Fruit *
BORON 4 Fruit 1.0 80.0 0.81 *
BROMINE 0 Fruit *
CADMIUM 3 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.56 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 298.0 2875.0 -0.23 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 138000.0 859740.0 0.41 *
CHLORINE 7 Fruit 146.0 910.0 -0.05 *
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.49 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit 20200.0 -0.32 *
COBALT 2 Fruit *
COPPER 12 Fruit 0.5 7.0 -0.45 *
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSYL-RUTINOSIDE 0 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 (View) *
Acaricide 1 (View) *
Acarifuge 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Acidifier 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Additive 2 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) Toyomizu, M., Sugiyama, S., Jin, R. L., Nakatsu, T. 1993. Alpha-Glucosidase and Aldose Reductase Inhibitors: Constituents of Cashew, Anacardium occidentale, Nut Shell Liquids. Phytotherapy Research, 7(3): 252-254.
Allergenic 5 (View) *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 6 (View) *
Anaphrodisiac 1 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *