Plant Ribes rubrum (Grossulariaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Red Currant; White Currant

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
MALIC-ACID	15	Fruit	not available	2600.0	-0.78	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Fruit	1.0	15.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-SALICYLATE	21	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Fruit	0.1	0.6	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Fruit	1.0	6.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Fruit	0.0	0.6	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN	0	Fruit	1600.0	20000.0	0.38	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Fruit	280.0	1744.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Fruit	100.0	623.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Fruit	10.0	62.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Fruit	1.0	4.0	-0.90	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Fruit	not available	8000.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	418.0	3310.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	2585.0	21250.0	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	14000.0	87220.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOPECTIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	1.0	3.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidifier	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Additive	2	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	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	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Anaphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *