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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
LEAD 0 Leaf 0.0 3.0 -0.59 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
LECITHIN 20 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.
LEUCINE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Plant 2230.0 26483.0 1.39 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Plant 104.0 2613.0 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN 15 Leaf not available 42.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Plant 1740.0 20664.0 1.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Plant 420.0 11000.0 2.15 Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Leaf not available 4300.0 -0.75 Soldatenkov, S. V., Mazurova, T. A., Ranteleev, A. N. 1960. Organic Acids of Onion and Spinach. Trudy Petergof Biol. Inst., Leningrad Gosudarst Univ Im AA Zhdanova, 18: 55-61.
MALTOSE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Plant 3.0 485.0 2.78 Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY 1 Leaf 0.0 0.1 1.68 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
METHIONINE 15 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Plant 530.0 6294.0 2.22 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHYL-AMINE 1 Leaf not available 12.0 -0.90 Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Plant 0.1 0.8 -0.64 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MONOGALACTOSYLDIACYLGLYCEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available 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
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 *