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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THREONINE | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Plant | 1220.0 | 14489.0 | 0.92 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| TRIMETHYLHISTAMINE | 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. |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Plant | 390.0 | 4632.0 | 1.40 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Plant | 1080.0 | 12826.0 | 1.69 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| VALINE | 3 | Plant | 1610.0 | 19120.0 | 1.56 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| VIT-B-6 | 0 | Plant | 1.9 | 24.0 | 1.00 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| VIT-K-1 | 0 | Leaf | not available | 5.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Plant | 913120.0 | 930000.0 | 0.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| XYLITOL | 10 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Counsell, J. N., Roberton, D. J. 1976. Xylitol-A Sweetener Which is Kind to the Teeth. Food Process Ind., 45(54): 24-26. |
| ZEAXANTHIN | 5 | Leaf | not available | 4.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZINC | 77 | Plant | 4.0 | 185.0 | 1.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Tremorigenic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Trichomonicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Tumor-Promoter | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Tumorigenic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Ubiquiot | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Uricosuric | 5 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Urine-Acidifier | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Urine-Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Uterosedative | 1 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Uterotrophic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Varroacide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasodilator | 13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasopressor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VEGF-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vitamin-A-Activity | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |