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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Plant | 730.0 | 15700.0 | 0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALMODULIN | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALMODULIN | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| CALSEQUESTRIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Plant | 35000.0 | 415660.0 | -1.65 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| CARBONIC-ANHYDRASE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CELOSIANIN | 0 | Pt | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CEPHALIN | 1 | 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. |
| CHLORINE | 7 | Plant | 540.0 | 6835.0 | 0.10 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROPHYLL | 21 | Fruit Juice | not available | 3.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROPHYLL | 21 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROPHYLL-A | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHOLESTEROL | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Flower | 0.0 | 0.4 | -1.21 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| CITRIC-ACID | 23 | Leaf | not available | 2300.0 | -0.52 | 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. |
| COBALT | 2 | Plant | 0.0 | 1.2 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Expectorant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fatal | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Flatulent | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| FLavor | 6 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastrostimulant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathione-Depleting | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Goitrogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hematopoietic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Heme-Sparing | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemopoietic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemostat | 5 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hemostatic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |