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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
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 130.0 970.0 -0.35 Revised USDA data received 1993.
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 2.4 18.0 -0.01 Revised USDA data received 1993.
PECTIN 24 Fruit 14500.0 -0.46 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PECTIN 24 Leaf 8450.0 50000.0 0.43 *
PEDUNCULAGIN 9 Leaf *
PELARGONIN-3,2-GLUCOSYLRUTINOSIDE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PELARGONIN-3,5-DIGLYCOSIDE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 110.0 955.0 -0.69 Revised USDA data received 1993.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 395.0 2340.0 -0.48 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 1490.0 11635.0 -0.56 Revised USDA data received 1993.
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 2265.0 13400.0 -0.75 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-4 4 Leaf *
PROCYANIDIN-B-4 4 Pericarp *
PROCYANIDIN-B-4 4 Plant *
PROCYANIDIN-B-4 4 Stem *
PROCYANIDIN-B-5 0 Leaf *
PROCYANIDIN-B-5 0 Pericarp *
PROCYANIDIN-B-5 0 Stem *
PROCYANIDIN-B-8 0 Leaf *
PROCYANIDIN-B-8 0 Pericarp *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antieczemic 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 3 *
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 *
Antienteritic 1 *
Antienterotic 1 *
Antiepileptic 4 *
Antiepitheleomic 1 *
Antierythemic 1 *
Antiescherichic 3 *
Antiestrogenic 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 9 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antifeedant 6 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 2 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 *
Antifibrositic 1 Martindale's 28th