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Plant Spinacia oleracea (Chenopodiaceae)

Common Names
Spinach
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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 2 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenalinic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaflatoxin 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 11 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antiaging 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th