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Plant 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
SPINACETIN-3-O-BETA-D-(2''-P-COUMAROYL-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-(1,6)-(BETA-D-APIOFURANOSYL(1,2))-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPINACETIN-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 *
SPINACETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL(1,6)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPINACOSIDE-A 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPINACOSIDE-B 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPINACOSIDE-C 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPINACOSIDE-C 0 Shoot not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SPINACOSIDE-D 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPINACOSIDE-D 0 Shoot not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SPINASAPONINS 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPINASTEROL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPINASTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPINATOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Plant 7.0 356.0 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM 0 Plant 0.1 0.8 -1.01 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SULFOLIPIDS 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Plant 270.0 5700.0 0.78 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Plant 0.7 10.2 0.22 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antierythemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifatigue 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility 2 Kumar, P., Dixit*, V.P., and Khanna, P. Antifertility Studies of Kaempferol: Isolation and Identification from Tissue Culture of some Medicinally Important Plant Species. Plantes medicinales et phytotherapie, 23: 193-201, 1989.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigastritic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *