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

Plant Calathea macrosepala (Marantaceae)

Common Names
Chufle

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Flower 70.0 910.0 -0.55 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Flower 13000.0 168830.0 2.29 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Flower 0.0 -0.62 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CALCIUM 28 Plant 200.0 2600.0 -1.18 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Flower 44000.0 571430.0 -0.49 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT 0 Flower 2000.0 25975.0 -0.50 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER 15 Flower 15000.0 194800.0 0.77 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
IRON 6 Flower 10.0 130.0 -0.25 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
KILOCALORIES 0 Flower 220.0 2857.0 -1.72 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NIACIN 39 Flower 7.0 91.0 -0.03 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHOSPHORUS 4 Flower 490.0 6365.0 1.12 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTEIN 0 Flower 18000.0 233765.0 1.06 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Flower 1.0 13.0 1.59 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THIAMIN 31 Flower 0.4 5.2 -0.03 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
WATER 0 Flower 923000.0 0.72 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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