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

Common Names

Spinach

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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
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Plant	1.0	950.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
N,N-DIMETHYLHISTAMINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
N-ACETYLHISTAMINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-ANILINE	0	Leaf	not available	3.4	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-PHENETHYLAMINE	0	Leaf	not available	2.4	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTYL-AMINE	0	Leaf	not available	0.3	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID	2	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Plant	6.9	89.8	0.18	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NICKEL	3	Plant	0.1	5.7	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN	0	Leaf	3200.0	45700.0	0.10	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
OLEIC-ACID	18	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Plant	18.0	475.0	-0.86	Duke, 1992 *
OLERAGENOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Leaf	5000.0	93900.0	2.28	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Leaf	not available	133.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Plant	106.0	4869.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Plant	21.0	475.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Plant	0.6	8.7	-1.24	Duke, 1992 *

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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 *