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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.
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
COLAMINE 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.
COPPER 12 Plant 0.1 24.0 1.11 Duke, 1992 *
COUMESTROL 13 Leaf 0.1 100.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CYSTATHIONINE 0 Leaf not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Plant 350.0 4157.0 0.98 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIETHYL-AMINE 2 Leaf not available 15.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIGALACTOSYLDIACYLGLYCEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ECDYSONE 3 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-AMINE 0 Leaf not available 8.4 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Plant 3070.0 46672.0 -0.07 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FERULIC-ACID 61 Inflorescence not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Leaf not available 16.0 0.37 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Plant 6000.0 111634.0 -0.82 Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE 0 Leaf 0.3 5.7 0.52 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
FOLACIN 15 Plant 1.6 27.1 -0.05 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FOLIC-ACID 23 Plant 1.2 15.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Plant 3430.0 40735.0 1.57 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLUTATHIONE 7 Plant 90.0 1065.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Plant 1340.0 15914.0 1.69 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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
Antiileus 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiimplantation 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiimpotence 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfarctal 1 Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 19 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomniac? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antikeratitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeshan 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiLegionella 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 2 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 4 Duke, 1992 *