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

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 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LEUCINE 2 Leaf *
LEUCINE 2 Plant 2230.0 26483.0 1.39 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Leaf *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Plant 104.0 2613.0 -0.54 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
LUTEIN 15 Leaf 42.0 *
LYSINE 4 Leaf *
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 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Leaf 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 *
MANGANESE 14 Plant 3.0 485.0 2.78 *
MERCURY 1 Leaf 0.0 0.1 1.68 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
METHIONINE 15 Leaf *
METHIONINE 15 Plant 530.0 6294.0 2.22 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHYL-AMINE 1 Leaf 12.0 -0.90 *
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 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Autotoxic 1 *
Bacteristat 2 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *
Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Bilirubinolytic 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchoconstrictor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bronchostimulant 1 Martindale's 28th
Bruchiphobe 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 4 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Inhibitor 1 Schussler, M., Fricke, U., Nikolov, N., and Holzl, J. 1991. Comparison of the Flavonoids Occurring in Crataegus species and Inhibition of 3',5'-Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate Phosphodiesterase. Plant Medica 57: Suppl Issue 2. p.A-133.
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 3 *
Cancer-Preventive 32 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 4 Martindale's 28th
Capillarifortificant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillarigenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillariprotective 2 Merck 11th Edition