Plant Tetragonia tetragonioides (Aizoaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

New Zealand 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
(2E)-3,7,11,15-TETRAMETHYLHEXADECANAL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6,10,14-TRIMETHYL-2-METHYLENEPENTADECANAL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	300.0	5000.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	18000.0	300000.0	3.19	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	26.4	440.0	0.78	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	580.0	9665.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	25000.0	416665.0	-1.55	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	2000.0	33335.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	7000.0	116665.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	8.0	133.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Leaf	140.0	2335.0	-1.10	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Leaf	130.0	2165.0	-1.02	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Leaf	660.0	11000.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Leaf	390.0	6500.0	0.92	Duke, 1992 *
MUFA	13	Leaf	50.0	835.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Leaf	40.0	665.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Leaf	5.0	85.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Leaf	30.0	500.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Leaf	240.0	4000.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Leaf	30.0	500.0	0.12	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	5	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	4	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE	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
Antiaggregant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *