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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
KAEMPFEROL-3-GLUCURONIDE 0 Juice 1.0 5.0 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE 0 Fruit 1.0 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 490.0 3665.0 0.01 Revised USDA data received 1993.
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 2750.0 -0.43 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
LACTIC-ACID 8 Leaf *
LAMBERTIANIN-A 0 Leaf *
LAMBERTIANIN-B 0 Leaf *
LAMBERTIANIN-C 0 Leaf *
LAMBERTIANIN-D 0 Leaf *
LEVULOSE 1 Fruit 35000.0 1.00 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 2080.0 15555.0 -0.14 Revised USDA data received 1993.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed Oil *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Fruit 1050.0 7855.0 0.15 Revised USDA data received 1993.
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil *
LUTEIN 15 Fruit 0.8 4.0 -0.49 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 175.0 1400.0 -0.34 Revised USDA data received 1993.
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 539.0 3190.0 -0.36 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MALTOL 11 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 10.0 80.0 0.12 Revised USDA data received 1993.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Nephrotoxic 3 Martindale's 29th
Neurolytic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Neuroprotective 4 *
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 3 *
NO-Inhibitor 5 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 *
Odontolytic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 6 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Osteolytic 1 *
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
P21-Inducer 1 *
P450-Inducer 2 *
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 2 *
Pancreatogenic 1 *
Parasiticide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Percutaneostimulant 2 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfume 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.