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Plant Rubus fruticosus (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Blackberry
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
2-HYDROXYURSOLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARBUTIN 15 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Fruit 0.1 21.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROQUINONE 32 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INOSITOL 8 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LACTIC-ACID 8 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUBINIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUBITIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Leaf not available not available not available 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
Estrogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Fatal 1 Martindale's 29th
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Gastroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemopoietic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemostatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hepatoprotective 5 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Hepatotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 2 Angewandte Botanik 68(5/6)=1994. Page 195.
Histamine-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypertensive 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypocholesterolemic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 3 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 2 Duke, 1992 *