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Plant Rubus idaeus (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Red Raspberry; Raspberry
How this plant is used
Food

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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
GADOLEIC-ACID 0 Fruit 40.0 300.0 1.00 Revised USDA data received 1993.
GALLIC-ACID 62 Juice not available not available not available 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.
GALLIC-ACID 62 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL 35 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXEN-2-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXEN-3-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HOMOPROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID 0 Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 0 Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 5.0 45.0 -0.35 Revised USDA data received 1993.
IRON 6 Leaf 17.0 101.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
ISOAMYL-ALCOHOL 3 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ISOBUTYRIC-ACID 2 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALERIANIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
KAEMPFEROL 75 Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-BETA-GLUCURONIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermatitigenic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Detoxicant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diagnostic 1 Martindale's 28th
Diaphoretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic? 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 11 Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Dye 2 Merck 11th Edition
Embryotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.