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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Rubus idaeus (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Red Raspberry; Raspberry
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
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 25.0 146.0 -0.22 *
MANNITOL 18 Fruit *
MUFA 13 Fruit 530.0 3965.0 -0.20 Revised USDA data received 1993.
N-HEPTACOSANE 0 Seed Oil *
N-NONACOSANE 1 Seed Oil *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 9.0 67.0 0.08 Revised USDA data received 1993.
NIACIN 39 Leaf 65.0 382.0 3.46 *
O-PHTHALIC-ACID 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
O-PHTHALIC-ACID 0 Plant *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 490.0 3665.0 -0.45 Revised USDA data received 1993.
ORGANIC-ACIDS 0 Plant 15000.0 20000.0 -1.00 *
OXYBENZOIC-ACID 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Bark *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Juice *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant *
P-CRESOL 8 Plant *
P-ETHYL-PHENOL 0 Plant *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Plant *
P-HYDROXYPHENYLETHYLALCOHOL 0 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 *
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 *
Abortifacient 1 *
Acaricide 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 6 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
Acidulant 3 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).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 10 *
Allelochemic 5 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 3 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 16 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *