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

Plant Peperomia pelucida (Piperaceae)

Common Names
Pepper elder, Yerba de la plata
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
APIOLE 20 Plant Tramil
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 100.0 1280.0 -0.33 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Leaf 11000.0 141000.0 0.39 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 25.0 320.0 0.26 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 1240.0 15900.0 -0.17 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 59000.0 756400.0 1.15 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Leaf Tramil
FAT 0 Leaf 3000.0 38460.0 -0.36 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER 15 Leaf 10000.0 128200.0 -0.41 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
IRON 6 Leaf 30.0 410.0 0.12 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 250.0 3205.0 0.30 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NIACIN 39 Leaf 5.0 75.0 -0.27 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 340.0 4360.0 -0.11 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 2770.0 35510.0 0.23 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 5000.0 64100.0 -1.47 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 0.7 9.0 -0.14 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SESQUITERPENES 0 Leaf Tramil
SODIUM 1 Leaf 80.0 1025.0 -0.47 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.3 3.8 -0.94 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TRIMETHOXYSTYRENE 0 Leaf Tramil
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