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

Common Names

Spirulina

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Medicinal

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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
Antifibrotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigout	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatotoxic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperactivity	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperkeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *