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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Dermatitigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor	4	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Gastroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemolytic	1	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hepatoprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypercholesterolemic	2	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)