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Plant Tropaeolum majus (Tropaeolaceae)

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Common name(s)
Nasturtium
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 11-EICOSENOIC-ACID Seed 11000.0 20000.0 -- *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Pt 1000.0 1600.0 -1.02 *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Flower -- 1300.0 -0.43 *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Leaf 2000.0 4650.0 -0.01 *
0 ASH Shoot 14000.0 102200.0 -0.01 *
0 BENZYL-CYANIDE Shoot -- -- -- *
20 BENZYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE Seed -- 9700.0 1.00 *
20 BENZYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE Shoot -- 300.0 -- *
53 BETA-CAROTENE Shoot 90.0 665.0 2.31 *
28 CALCIUM Shoot 2110.0 15400.0 0.05 *
0 CARBOHYDRATES Shoot 92000.0 671500.0 0.45 *
77 CHLOROGENIC-ACID Pericarp -- -- -- *
0 CYANIDIN-SOPHOROCOSIDE Plant -- -- -- *
0 EO Shoot -- 300.0 -0.93 *
2 ERUCIC-ACID Seed -- 72000.0 -0.06 *
0 FAT Seed 72000.0 102000.0 -0.86 *
0 FAT Shoot 12000.0 87600.0 0.78 *
15 FIBER Shoot 5000.0 36500.0 -1.58 *
0 GLUCOTROPAEOLIN Plant -- -- -- *
2 HELENIEN Flower -- -- -- *
*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.