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Plant Phytolacca americana (Phytolaccaceae)

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Common name(s)
Pokeweed
How used
GRAS

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 3-ACETYLALEURITOLIC-ACID Seed -- -- -- *
0 3-ACETYLOLEANOLIC-ACID Seed -- -- -- *
0 3-OXO-3-CARBOMETHOXY-24-NOROLEAN-12-EN-29-OIC-ACID Plant -- -- -- *
0 ALKALOIDS Fruit -- 22000.0 2.73 *
2 ALPHA-SPINASTEROL Fruit -- -- -- *
2 AMERICANIN Seed -- -- -- *
3 ANTHOCYANIN Fruit -- 93000.0 -- *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Shoot 1360.0 16184.0 0.41 *
7 ASTRAGALIN Leaf -- -- -- *
53 BETA-CAROTENE Shoot 52.0 621.0 2.11 *
5 BETANIN Shoot -- -- -- *
0 CAFFEIC-ALDEHYDE Plant -- -- -- *
28 CALCIUM Shoot 530.0 6307.0 -0.62 *
4 CALCIUM-OXALATE Plant -- -- -- *
0 CARBOHYDRATES Shoot 37000.0 441000.0 -0.86 *
31 CARYOPHYLLENE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 ESCULENTIC-ACID Fruit -- -- -- *
0 FAT Shoot 4000.0 48000.0 0.03 *
8 FRUCTOSE Fruit -- 14000.0 -0.72 *
7 GLUCOSE Fruit -- 46000.0 -0.41 *
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.