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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiuremic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiuricosuric | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Antivaccinia | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antivaginitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antivaricose | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antivertigo | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antivitiligic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiwrinkle | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antixerophthalmic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anxiolytic | 7 | Merck 11th Edition |
| AP-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aphrodisiac | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apoptotic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aromatase-Inhibitor | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999. |
| Arteriodilator | 1 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Asthma-preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Astringent | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| ATPase-Inhibitor | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |