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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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List of plant chemicals.
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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
PAF-Inhibitor 2 *
Paralytic 1 *
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Parasympathomimetic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Peristaltic 1 *
Peroxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide 27 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phagocytotic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 *
Phytoalexin 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Pigment 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 *
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Previtamin-A 1 *
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).