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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PATULETIN | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PATULETIN-3-O-BETA-D-(2''-FERULOYL-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-(1,6)-(BETA-D-APIOFURANOSYL-(1,2))-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PATULETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1,6)-(BETA-D-APIOFURANOSYL-(1,2))-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENETHYLAMINE | 3 | Leaf | not available | 1.1 | -0.98 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Plant | 1290.0 | 15320.0 | 1.65 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHEOPHYTIN-A | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHATIDYL-GLYCEROL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHATIDYL-SERINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Plant | 250.0 | 6232.0 | 1.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYLLOQUINONE | 5 | Tuber | not available | 3.8 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTIC-ACID | 9 | Leaf | not available | 80.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Plant | 90.0 | 1800.0 | 1.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTYLPLASTOQUINOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POLYPHENOL-OXIDASE | 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. |
| POLYPODINE-B | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POLYPODINE-B | 0 | Seed | not available | 2.3 | not available | 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 * |