Plant Spinacia oleracea (Chenopodiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Spinach

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
ARGININE	14	Plant	1620.0	19239.0	1.28	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC	2	Leaf	0.0	0.3	0.73	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
ASCORBATE	0	Plant	212.0	4450.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit Juice	not available	55.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Plant	239.0	7595.0	1.19	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Plant	16850.0	285700.0	2.98	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Plant	2400.0	28502.0	0.58	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASTRAGALIN	7	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-AMINE	0	Leaf	not available	6.1	1.39	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	not available	32.5	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Plant	4.0	690.0	3.01	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ECDYSONE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ECDYSONE	2	Seed	not available	214.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETANIN	5	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETANIN	5	Pt	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Leaf	2.4	40.0	-0.58	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
BROMINE	0	Leaf	not available	4.0	-0.99	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CADMIUM	3	Leaf	0.1	5.0	1.08	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Acnegenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	10	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	4	Korhammer, S.A. and Haslinger, E. 1994. Isolation of a Biologically Active Substance from Rhizomes of Quackgrass [Elymus repens (L.) Gould]. J. Agric. Food Chem. 42: 2048-2050.
Allelopathic	2	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	10	Duke, 1992 *