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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 8 Martindale's 28th
Antiamblyopic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antianginal 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaphthic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiapoplectic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 13 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.