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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
ARGININE 14 Plant 1620.0 19239.0 1.28 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC 2 Leaf 0.0 0.3 0.73 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
ASCORBATE 0 Plant 212.0 4450.0 -1.00 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit Juice 55.0 -1.00 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant 239.0 7595.0 1.19 *
ASH 0 Plant 16850.0 285700.0 2.98 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Plant 2400.0 28502.0 0.58 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASTRAGALIN 7 Shoot *
BENZYL-AMINE 0 Leaf 6.1 1.39 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 32.5 -1.00 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Plant 4.0 690.0 3.01 *
BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN 2 Leaf *
BETA-ECDYSONE 2 Leaf *
BETA-ECDYSONE 2 Seed 214.5 *
BETANIN 5 Tissue Culture *
BETANIN 5 Pt *
BORON 4 Leaf 2.4 40.0 -0.58 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
BROMINE 0 Leaf 4.0 -0.99 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CADMIUM 3 Leaf 0.1 5.0 1.08 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hepatomagenic 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 13 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 210.
Hepatotonic 1 *
Hepatotoxic 2 *
Hepatotropic 2 *
Herbicide 2 Angewandte Botanik 68(5/6)=1994. Page 195.
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 *
Histaminic 2 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperglycemic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Hypertensive 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperthyroid 1 *
Hyperuricemic 1 Martindale's 28th
Hypnotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocalcemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypocholesterolemic 17 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.