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
ACETIC-ACID	16	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Fruit	350.0	2180.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Fruit	8.0	59.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Fruit	3.0	100.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Fruit	0.0	0.2	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	300.0	2554.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	6000.0	75000.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	0.3	4.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
BORIC-ACID	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Fruit	1.0	80.0	0.81	Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Fruit	0.0	0.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	298.0	2875.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	138000.0	859740.0	0.41	Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE	7	Fruit	146.0	910.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Fruit	0.0	0.1	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	Fruit	not available	20200.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Fruit	0.5	7.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSYL-RUTINOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	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
Anorexic	2	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacne	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadrenalinic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiAGE	2	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant	4	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antiaging	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	5	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiallergic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.