Plant Spinacia oleracea (Chenopodiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
PATULETIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PATULETIN-3-O-BETA-D-(2''-FERULOYL-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-(1,6)-(BETA-D-APIOFURANOSYL-(1,2))-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PATULETIN-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 *
PHENETHYLAMINE	3	Leaf	not available	1.1	-0.98	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Plant	1290.0	15320.0	1.65	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHEOPHYTIN-A	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-GLYCEROL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-SERINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Plant	250.0	6232.0	1.27	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE	5	Tuber	not available	3.8	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIC-ACID	9	Leaf	not available	80.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Plant	90.0	1800.0	1.08	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTYLPLASTOQUINOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POLYPHENOL-OXIDASE	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.
POLYPODINE-B	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POLYPODINE-B	0	Seed	not available	2.3	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.