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Plant Ribes uva-crispa (Grossulariaceae)

Common Names
Gooseberry
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-GALLOCATECHIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
10,16-DIHYDROXY-HEXADECANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
18-HYDROXY-OCTADECANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Fruit 460.0 3792.0 0.56 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Fruit 1.0 33.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 263.0 2397.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 4000.0 183000.0 3.27 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.6 14.0 -0.12 Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Fruit 1.0 15.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM 3 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 185.0 4122.0 0.06 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 101800.0 839239.0 0.30 Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE 7 Fruit 107.0 882.0 -0.07 Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit 0.0 0.1 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit not available 8800.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 5 Duke, 1992 *
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 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 1 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 3 Yoshikawa, M., et al. 1999. Medicinal Flowers. I. Aldose Reductase Inhibitors and Three New Eudesmane-Type Sesquiterpenes, Kikkanols A, B, and C, From the Flowers of Chrysanthemum inducum L. Chem Pharm Bull, 47(3): 340-345.
Allelochemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 2 Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *