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

Common Names
Spinach
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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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 *
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 *
PYRROLIDINE 1 Leaf 2.5 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf 1.0 19.0 -0.35 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Leaf 500.0 -0.49 *
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 170.0 -0.99 *
RUTIN 87 Shoot *
SALICYLATES 7 Leaf 0.3 60.0 -0.45 *
SAPONINS 5 Leaf 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 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 *
SPINACETIN 0 Leaf *
SPINACETIN-3-O-BETA-D-(2''-FERULOYL-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-(1,6)-(BETA-D-APIOFURANOSYL(1,2))-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Leaf *
SPINACETIN-3-O-BETA-D-(2''-FERULOYL-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-(1,6)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antisprue 1 *
Antistaphylococcic 3 *
Antistomatitic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic 1 *
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 *
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 *
Antithiamin 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 2 *
Antithrombogenic 2 *
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 *