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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEAD | 0 | Leaf | 0.0 | 3.0 | -0.59 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| LECITHIN | 20 | 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. |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Plant | 2230.0 | 26483.0 | 1.39 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Plant | 104.0 | 2613.0 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEIN | 15 | Leaf | not available | 42.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LYSINE | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LYSINE | 4 | Plant | 1740.0 | 20664.0 | 1.31 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Plant | 420.0 | 11000.0 | 2.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | Leaf | not available | 4300.0 | -0.75 | Soldatenkov, S. V., Mazurova, T. A., Ranteleev, A. N. 1960. Organic Acids of Onion and Spinach. Trudy Petergof Biol. Inst., Leningrad Gosudarst Univ Im AA Zhdanova, 18: 55-61. |
| MALTOSE | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Plant | 3.0 | 485.0 | 2.78 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MERCURY | 1 | Leaf | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.68 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Plant | 530.0 | 6294.0 | 2.22 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| METHYL-AMINE | 1 | Leaf | not available | 12.0 | -0.90 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MOLYBDENUM | 2 | Plant | 0.1 | 0.8 | -0.64 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| MONOGALACTOSYLDIACYLGLYCEROL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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. |