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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
ALUMINUM 5 Leaf 66.0 392.0 -0.36 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 70.0 1870.0 -0.17 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 620.0 3670.0 -0.10 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 300.0 -0.16 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ASH 0 Fruit 3880.0 30815.0 -0.67 Revised USDA data received 1993.
ASH 0 Leaf 13520.0 80000.0 -0.68 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Plant *
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Plant *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.1 7.0 -0.14 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 19.0 114.0 -0.64 *
BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Fruit *
BETA-IONONE 13 Plant *
BETA-PHENYLETHYLALCOHOL 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed Oil *
BORON 4 Fruit 1.0 13.0 -0.54 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron).
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Fruit 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.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 220.0 1645.0 -0.51 Revised USDA data received 1993.
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 2045.0 12100.0 -0.43 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypoglycemic 10 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 3 *
Hypotensive 11 *
Hypouricemic 1 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Immunomodulator 11 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 13 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Immunosuppressant 5 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 *
Inotropic 2 *
Insecticide 3 *
Insectifuge 10 J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
Insectiphile 3 Merck 11th Edition
Insulin-Sparing 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinogenic 6 *
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 11 *
JNK-Inhibitor 1 *