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

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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiparkinsonian	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	3	Martindale's 28th
Antiperiodontal	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	7	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antipharyngitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiphenylketonuric	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiphotophobic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiplasmodial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplatelet	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.