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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Eryngium floridanum (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Florida Eryngium
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Shoot 1958.0 -0.28 *
ASH 0 Shoot 146900.0 1.03 *
CALCIUM 28 Shoot 20600.0 0.43 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Shoot 643400.0 0.29 *
FAT 0 Shoot 49000.0 0.05 *
FIBER 15 Shoot 139900.0 -0.43 *
IRON 6 Shoot 400.0 -0.13 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Shoot 3075.0 0.33 *
NIACIN 39 Shoot 70.0 -0.47 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Shoot 3215.0 -0.08 *
PROTEIN 0 Shoot 160800.0 -0.45 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Shoot 15.0 -0.33 *
THIAMIN 31 Shoot 6.0 -0.67 *
WATER 0 Shoot 857000.0 -0.44 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antifibrotic 1 *
Antigallstone 1 *
Antigastritic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigingivitic 1 *
Antiglaucomic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihangover 3 *
Antiheartburn 1 *
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatotoxic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 2 *
Antihistaminic 2 *
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperkinetic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive 3 *
Antiinfertility 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinsomniac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.