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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
THEASPIRANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.3 2.2 -0.40 Revised USDA data received 1993.
THIAMIN 31 Leaf not available 3.4 -1.02 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THIAMINE 0 Leaf 0.6 3.4 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
TIN 4 Leaf 4.0 22.0 0.76 Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROL 93 Fruit 3.0 12.0 -0.63 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TRANS-2-PHENYLBUTANONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERIANIC-ACID 1 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.
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 0.5 4.3 -0.66 Revised USDA data received 1993.
WATER 0 Fruit not available 865700.0 0.41 Revised USDA data received 1993.
WATER 0 Leaf not available 831000.0 0.12 Duke, 1992 *
XYLITOL 10 Fruit not available 0.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Fruit 4.0 37.0 0.20 Revised USDA data received 1993.
ZINC 77 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 3 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 3 Martindale's 29th
Psychotropic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Purgative 1 Martindale's 28th
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 4 Ahn, D., Putt, D., Kresty, L., Stoner, G. D., Fromm, D., Hollenberg, P. F. 1996. The Effects of Dietary Ellagic Acid on Rat Hepatic and Esophageal Mucosal Cytochromes P450 and Phase II Enzymes. Carcinogenesis, 17(4): 821-828.
Radioprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant 1 Martindale's 28th
Respirotoxic 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Retinoprotectant Optometry 1 Duke, 1992 *
Reverse-Transcriptase-Inhibitor 1 McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Rodenticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Rubefacient 2 Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sclerosant 1 Martindale's 29th
Secretogogue 3 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Sedative 6 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
Serotoninergic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue 1 Martindale's 29th
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.