Plant Amaranthus sp. (Amaranthaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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Pigweed

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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 Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ALANINE	3	Leaf	1390.0	16722.0	0.96	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Leaf	1210.0	14556.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	345.0	6263.0	0.14	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Leaf	2290.0	27549.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	0.0	508.0	1.07	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	1559.0	53333.0	2.38	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	40300.0	540000.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Leaf	1.0	19.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Leaf	290.0	3489.0	0.48	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	2410.0	53000.0	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	8830.0	135000.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN	15	Leaf	1.0	10.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Leaf	2920.0	35128.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Leaf	1320.0	15880.0	1.45	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Leaf	520.0	6256.0	0.44	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	23.0	1527.0	2.95	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Leaf	1190.0	14316.0	0.58	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Leaf	1950.0	23458.0	1.07	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Leaf	1270.0	15278.0	0.55	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Leaf	550.0	6616.0	0.96	Duke, 1992 *

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