Plant Phytolacca americana (Phytolaccaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Pokeweed

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
3-ACETYLALEURITOLIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-ACETYLOLEANOLIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-OXO-3-CARBOMETHOXY-24-NOROLEAN-12-EN-29-OIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS	0	Fruit	not available	22000.0	2.73	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMERICANIN	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHOCYANIN	3	Fruit	not available	93000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Shoot	1360.0	16184.0	0.41	Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Shoot	52.0	621.0	2.11	Duke, 1992 *
BETANIN	5	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ALDEHYDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Shoot	530.0	6307.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Shoot	37000.0	441000.0	-0.86	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ESCULENTIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Shoot	4000.0	48000.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	Fruit	not available	14000.0	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Fruit	not available	46000.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *

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