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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
PROCYANIDIN-B-8 0 Stem *
PROCYANIDIN-G 0 Leaf *
PROCYANIDIN-G 0 Pericarp *
PROCYANIDIN-G 0 Stem *
PROPIONIC-ACID 6 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 8800.0 70530.0 -0.52 Revised USDA data received 1993.
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 19097.0 113000.0 -0.99 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Juice *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Plant *
PUFA 4 Fruit 3130.0 23410.0 0.84 Revised USDA data received 1993.
QUERCETIN 176 Juice *
QUERCETIN-3-0-GALACTOSIDE 0 Juice 1.0 6.0 *
QUERCETIN-3-BETA-GLUCURONIDE 0 Plant *
QUERCETIN-3-GLUCURONIDE 0 Fruit 1.0 *
QUERCETIN-3-GLUCURONIDE 0 Juice 10.0 90.0 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-GALACTOSIDE 0 Fruit *
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCORONIDE 0 Fruit 4.0 *
QUERCETIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Juice 1.0 80.0 *
QUERCETIN-3-XYLOSYLGLUCURONIDE 0 Juice 1.0 6.0 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.9 6.7 0.36 Revised USDA data received 1993.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Metal-Chelator 2 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *
Motor-Depressant 2 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Mucotropic 1 Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.
Mutagenic 3 *
Mycobactericide 3 *
Myoprotective 1 *
Myorelaxant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Narcotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Natriuretic 1 *
Nematicide 7 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Nematistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neoplastic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *