Plant Sechium edule (Cucurbitaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Chayote

How this plant is used

Food

Select a Results View:

Download these results as:

CSV

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	Fruit	560.0	8000.0	1.69	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMINO-UREIDOBUTYRIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Fruit	380.0	5430.0	0.30	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	110.0	1570.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Shoot	330.0	4460.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	4000.0	57145.0	0.01	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	21600.0	122000.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Shoot	8000.0	108100.0	0.13	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Fruit	1010.0	14430.0	0.56	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Shoot	12.0	164.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	190.0	2715.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	592.0	3345.0	-1.03	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Shoot	660.0	8920.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	54000.0	771430.0	-0.06	Duke, 1992 *
CITRULLINE	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Leaf	1.8	10.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	1000.0	42860.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	23200.0	131100.0	1.49	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Shoot	22000.0	297300.0	4.74	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	7000.0	100000.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *

Loading content ...