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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 * |