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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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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 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.3 2.2 -0.40 Revised USDA data received 1993.
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 3.4 -1.02 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THIAMINE 0 Leaf 0.6 3.4 -0.44 *
TIN 4 Leaf 4.0 22.0 0.76 *
TOCOPHEROL 93 Fruit 3.0 12.0 -0.63 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TRANS-2-PHENYLBUTANONE 0 Plant *
VALERIANIC-ACID 1 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Plant *
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 0.5 4.3 -0.66 Revised USDA data received 1993.
WATER 0 Fruit 865700.0 0.41 Revised USDA data received 1993.
WATER 0 Leaf 831000.0 0.12 *
XYLITOL 10 Fruit 0.4 *
XYLOSE 3 Fruit *
ZINC 77 Fruit 4.0 37.0 0.20 Revised USDA data received 1993.
ZINC 77 Leaf *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antideliriant 1 *
Antidementia 7 Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Antidepressant 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic 6 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidermatotic 1 *
Antidiabetic 18 *
Antidiarrheic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Lead) 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysenteric 1 *
Antidysgeuzic 1 *
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 3 *
Antidyspeptic 1 *
Antidysphagic 1 *
AntiEBV 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.