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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticephalagic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticirrhotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlimacteric	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticonvulsant	2	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticorneotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary	4	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	2	Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antidementia	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.