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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotropic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 2 | Angewandte Botanik 68(5/6)=1994. Page 195. |
| Histamine-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Histaminic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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. |