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Plant Eleocharis dulcis (Cyperaceae)

Common Names
Water chestnut

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Tuber 40.0 317.0 -0.69 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Tuber 11000.0 60000.0 -0.29 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Tuber not available 0.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Tuber 40.0 265.0 -1.06 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Tuber 161000.0 876000.0 0.76 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT 0 Tuber 2000.0 16000.0 0.41 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER 15 Tuber 6000.0 39000.0 -0.63 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
IRON 6 Tuber 6.0 37.0 -1.00 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
KILOCALORIES 0 Tuber 680.0 3640.0 -0.69 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NIACIN 39 Tuber 10.0 53.0 -0.10 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHOSPHORUS 4 Tuber 650.0 4075.0 0.72 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
POTASSIUM 14 Tuber 4810.0 25450.0 0.79 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTEIN 0 Tuber 14000.0 85000.0 -0.82 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PUCHIIN 2 Tuber not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Tuber 0.2 9.0 1.71 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SODIUM 1 Tuber 100.0 920.0 0.06 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
STARCH 5 Tuber 70000.0 400000.0 -0.28 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SUCROSE 14 Tuber 63500.0 317500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Tuber 0.3 6.0 -0.07 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
WATER 0 Tuber 773000.0 811000.0 0.25 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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