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Common Names
Spinach
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Plant | 2060.0 | 69077.0 | 3.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Plant | 1120.0 | 13301.0 | 1.20 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Plant | 27480.0 | 352954.0 | 1.47 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID | 43 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PYRROLIDINE | 1 | Leaf | not available | 2.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Leaf | 1.0 | 19.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCITRIN | 44 | Leaf | not available | 500.0 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Plant | 1.8 | 23.4 | 0.84 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| RUBIDIUM | 0 | Leaf | 0.9 | 90.0 | 1.82 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| RUTIN | 87 | Leaf | not available | 170.0 | -0.99 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUTIN | 87 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Leaf | 0.3 | 60.0 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAPONINS | 5 | Leaf | not available | 47000.0 | -0.23 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Leaf | not available | 0.1 | -0.38 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| SERINE | 1 | Plant | 1040.0 | 12351.0 | 1.06 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SILICON | 4 | Leaf | 1.0 | 855.0 | 2.13 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| SODIUM | 1 | Plant | 585.0 | 10669.0 | 0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SPINACETIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SPINACETIN-3-O-BETA-D-(2''-FERULOYL-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-(1,6)-(BETA-D-APIOFURANOSYL(1,2))-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SPINACETIN-3-O-BETA-D-(2''-FERULOYL-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-(1,6)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antineurotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| AntiNF-kB | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosaminic | 5 | Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18. |
| Antinitrosic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antinociceptive | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antinyctalopic | 2 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Antiobesity | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antionychyotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiophidic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |
| Antiorchitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiosteoarthritic | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiosteoporotic | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiotitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiototic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antioxidant | 30 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
| Antioxidant Synergist | 3 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antioxidant? | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiozenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipancreatitic | 1 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Antipapillomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |