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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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Juice not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-BETA-O-GALLOYLPEDUNCULAGIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-PENTANOL 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.
1-PENTEN-3-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-HEXEN-4-OLIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-2-BUTEN-1-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-METHYL-FURFURAL 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.
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETOIN 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.
ALPHA-CAROTENE 7 Fruit 0.1 0.6 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FURANCARBONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Fruit 9.0 56.0 -0.26 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
Antiarteriosclerotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 14 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 8 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 13 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 28 Duke, 1992 *
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic 2 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Anticalculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 12 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticancer (Breast) 3 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Colon) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Esophagus) 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.