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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
Serotoninergic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue 2 *
Soap 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic 2 *
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sunscreen 4 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener 3 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Tachycardic 1 Martindale's 29th
Teratogenic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Teratologic 2 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Thyrotropic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Tissue-Thromboplastin-Inhibitor 1 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 2 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 2 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 3 Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Toxic 1 Martindale's 28th
Tranquilizer 2 *