Plant Spirulina spp. (Oscillatoriaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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Spirulina

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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
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Plant	not available	43000.0	-1.41	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Plant	not available	480.0	1.87	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Plant	not available	280.0	-1.42	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Plant	not available	5.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Plant	not available	2.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Plant	not available	21000.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE)	0	Plant	not available	2000.0	-1.89	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY)	0	Plant	not available	200000.0	-1.77	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Plant	not available	71.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Plant	not available	2550.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Plant	not available	16.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Plant	not available	160.0	1.17	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Plant	not available	3190.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Plant	not available	1600.0	-1.41	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Plant	not available	713000.0	4.42	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Plant	not available	46.0	2.41	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Plant	not available	1.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Plant	not available	128.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *

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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
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Allergenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Antiacne	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE	2	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	3	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.