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
Antidyspeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antienteritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue	7	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrinolytic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	1	Duke, 1992 *