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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
THREONINE 4 Leaf *
THREONINE 4 Plant 1220.0 14489.0 0.92 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TRIMETHYLHISTAMINE 0 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Plant 390.0 4632.0 1.40 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Plant 1080.0 12826.0 1.69 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALINE 3 Plant 1610.0 19120.0 1.56 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VIT-B-6 0 Plant 1.9 24.0 1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VIT-K-1 0 Leaf 5.0 *
WATER 0 Plant 913120.0 930000.0 0.68 *
XYLITOL 10 Leaf Counsell, J. N., Roberton, D. J. 1976. Xylitol-A Sweetener Which is Kind to the Teeth. Food Process Ind., 45(54): 24-26.
ZEAXANTHIN 5 Leaf 4.0 *
ZINC 77 Plant 4.0 185.0 1.31 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor 15 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Bladder) 2 *
Antitumor (brain) 1 *
Antitumor (Breast) 5 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 6 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Forestomach) 2 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 *
Antitumor (Liver) 2 *
Antitumor (Lung) 6 *
Antitumor (Mouth) 1 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 2 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 3 *
Antitumor (Skin) 5 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 *
Antitumor-Promoter 7 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 2 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200.
Antiulcer 14 *
Antiulcerogenic 2 *