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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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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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 2 *
Antimelanomic 7 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 4 *
Antimenorrhagic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 5 *
Antimigraine 4 Martindale's 29th
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 *
AntiMRSA 1 *
AntiMS 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 24 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Antimyalgic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimyocarditic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antimyoclonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antinauseant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antineoplastic 1 *
Antinephritic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antinephrolytic 1 *