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Plant Ribes uva-crispa (Grossulariaceae)

Common Names
Gooseberry
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
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.0 2.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
SACCHAROSE 0 Fruit not available 630.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SHIKIMIC-ACID 14 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Fruit 1.0 42.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 10.0 82.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Fruit not available 15000.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit 130.0 1071.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Fruit not available 7100.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS 0 Fruit 19800.0 102500.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Fruit 96.0 1113.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.0 3.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROL 93 Fruit 7.0 56.0 -0.12 Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 1.0 7.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Fruit 875000.0 882000.0 0.48 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Fruit 1.0 16.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitoxemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitubercular 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 12 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (brain) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 4 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Antitumor (CNS) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colorectal) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Forestomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive 1 Duke, 1992 *