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

Common Names

Spinach

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Plant	1.0	950.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
N,N-DIMETHYLHISTAMINE	0	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.
N-ACETYLHISTAMINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-ANILINE	0	Leaf	not available	3.4	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-PHENETHYLAMINE	0	Leaf	not available	2.4	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTYL-AMINE	0	Leaf	not available	0.3	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID	2	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Plant	6.9	89.8	0.18	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NICKEL	3	Plant	0.1	5.7	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN	0	Leaf	3200.0	45700.0	0.10	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
OLEIC-ACID	18	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Plant	18.0	475.0	-0.86	Duke, 1992 *
OLERAGENOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Leaf	5000.0	93900.0	2.28	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Leaf	not available	133.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Plant	106.0	4869.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Plant	21.0	475.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Plant	0.6	8.7	-1.24	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Memorigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator	3	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper)	1	Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
Miotic	1	Martindale's 29th
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Monoamine-Precursor	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Myocontractant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Myostimulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Myotonic	1	Martindale's 29th
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *