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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.
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
COLAMINE 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.
COPPER 12 Plant 0.1 24.0 1.11 Duke, 1992 *
COUMESTROL 13 Leaf 0.1 100.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CYSTATHIONINE 0 Leaf not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Plant 350.0 4157.0 0.98 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIETHYL-AMINE 2 Leaf not available 15.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIGALACTOSYLDIACYLGLYCEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ECDYSONE 3 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-AMINE 0 Leaf not available 8.4 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Plant 3070.0 46672.0 -0.07 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FERULIC-ACID 61 Inflorescence not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Leaf not available 16.0 0.37 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Plant 6000.0 111634.0 -0.82 Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE 0 Leaf 0.3 5.7 0.52 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
FOLACIN 15 Plant 1.6 27.1 -0.05 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FOLIC-ACID 23 Plant 1.2 15.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Plant 3430.0 40735.0 1.57 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLUTATHIONE 7 Plant 90.0 1065.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Plant 1340.0 15914.0 1.69 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
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 10 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 12 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 8 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihomocystinuric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiielus? 1 Martindale's 29th