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
Antisprue	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistress	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke	3	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
Antisunburn	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X	6	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
Antitachycardic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin	2	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid	3	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antithyrotoxic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiTourette's	1	Martindale's 28th
Antitriglyceride	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic	2	Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitubercular	2	Duke, 1992 *