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

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Spinach

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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
HEXADECA-7,10,13-TRIENOIC-ACID	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.
HEXADECATRIENOIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXOSAMINE	0	Seed	not available	380.0	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HISTAMINE	18	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HISTIDINE	7	Plant	640.0	7601.0	1.14	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HYPEROSIDE	30	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID	7	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IODINE	12	Plant	not available	0.2	-0.45	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
IRON	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Plant	8.0	384.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBETANIN	1	Pt	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCELOSIANIN	0	Pt	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Plant	1470.0	17458.0	1.33	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOPENTYL-AMINE	0	Leaf	not available	3.8	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
JACEIDIN-4'-GLUCURONIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Leaf	not available	2.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Plant	220.0	2613.0	-0.63	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
L-HOMOCYSTEINE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Vulnerary	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).