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

Common Names
New Zealand Spinach
How this plant is used
Food
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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
(2E)-3,7,11,15-TETRAMETHYLHEXADECANAL 0 Plant *
6,10,14-TRIMETHYL-2-METHYLENEPENTADECANAL 0 Plant *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 300.0 5000.0 0.02 *
ASH 0 Leaf 18000.0 300000.0 3.19 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 26.4 440.0 0.78 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 580.0 9665.0 -0.60 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 25000.0 416665.0 -1.55 *
FAT 0 Leaf 2000.0 33335.0 -0.46 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 7000.0 116665.0 -0.55 *
IRON 6 Leaf 8.0 133.0 -0.58 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 140.0 2335.0 -1.10 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Leaf 130.0 2165.0 -1.02 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Leaf 660.0 11000.0 -0.33 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 390.0 6500.0 0.92 *
MUFA 13 Leaf 50.0 835.0 -0.65 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Leaf 40.0 665.0 -0.28 *
NIACIN 39 Leaf 5.0 85.0 -0.15 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Leaf 30.0 500.0 -0.60 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Leaf 240.0 4000.0 -0.31 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Leaf 30.0 500.0 0.12 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypertensive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic 9 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 2 *
Hypolipidemic 1 *
Hypotensive 5 *
Hypouricemic 1 *
Immunomodulator 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Insectifuge 4 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insulinogenic 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
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant 2 Merck 11th Edition
Laxative 3 *
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 *
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Mucogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th