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Plant 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
SPINACETIN-3-O-BETA-D-(2''-P-COUMAROYL-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-(1,6)-(BETA-D-APIOFURANOSYL(1,2))-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPINACETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL(1,6)-(BETA-D-APIOFURANOSYL(1,2))-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPINACETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL(1,6)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPINACOSIDE-A 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPINACOSIDE-B 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPINACOSIDE-C 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPINACOSIDE-C 0 Shoot not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SPINACOSIDE-D 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPINACOSIDE-D 0 Shoot not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SPINASAPONINS 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPINASTEROL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPINASTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPINATOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Plant 7.0 356.0 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM 0 Plant 0.1 0.8 -1.01 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SULFOLIPIDS 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Plant 270.0 5700.0 0.78 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Plant 0.7 10.2 0.22 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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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.