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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Sechium edule (Cucurbitaceae)

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Common name(s)
Chayote
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
3 ALANINE Fruit 560.0 8000.0 1.69 *
0 ALPHA-AMINO-UREIDOBUTYRIC-ACID Plant -- -- -- *
14 ARGININE Fruit 380.0 5430.0 0.30 *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Fruit 110.0 1570.0 -0.19 *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Shoot 330.0 4460.0 -0.16 *
0 ASH Fruit 4000.0 57145.0 0.01 *
0 ASH Leaf 21600.0 122000.0 0.06 *
0 ASH Shoot 8000.0 108100.0 0.13 *
3 ASPARTIC-ACID Fruit 1010.0 14430.0 0.56 *
53 BETA-CAROTENE Shoot 12.0 164.0 0.02 *
28 CALCIUM Fruit 190.0 2715.0 -0.26 *
28 CALCIUM Leaf 592.0 3345.0 -1.03 *
28 CALCIUM Shoot 660.0 8920.0 -0.42 *
0 CARBOHYDRATES Fruit 54000.0 771430.0 -0.06 *
5 CITRULLINE Plant -- -- -- *
12 COPPER Leaf 1.8 10.0 -0.49 *
0 FAT Fruit 1000.0 42860.0 -0.31 *
0 FAT Leaf 23200.0 131100.0 1.49 *
0 FAT Shoot 22000.0 297300.0 4.74 *
15 FIBER Fruit 7000.0 100000.0 -0.39 *
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*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.