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

Common Names

Spinach

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Plant	1.0	950.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
N,N-DIMETHYLHISTAMINE	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.
N-ACETYLHISTAMINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-ANILINE	0	Leaf	not available	3.4	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-PHENETHYLAMINE	0	Leaf	not available	2.4	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTYL-AMINE	0	Leaf	not available	0.3	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID	2	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Plant	6.9	89.8	0.18	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NICKEL	3	Plant	0.1	5.7	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN	0	Leaf	3200.0	45700.0	0.10	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
OLEIC-ACID	18	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Plant	18.0	475.0	-0.86	Duke, 1992 *
OLERAGENOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Leaf	5000.0	93900.0	2.28	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Leaf	not available	133.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Plant	106.0	4869.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Plant	21.0	475.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Plant	0.6	8.7	-1.24	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antidote (Acetaminophen)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum)	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium)	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Heavy Metals)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Lead)	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury)	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Paraquat)	1	Martindale's 28th
Antidysgeuzic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic	3	Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	7	Martindale's 29th