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Plant Portulaca oleracea (Portulacaceae)

Common Names
Purslane, Verdolaga
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
FRUCTOSE 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Herb not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Herb 1500.0 33792.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
GLUTATHIONE 7 Herb 115.0 2960.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Herb 460.0 11000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
HCN 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Herb 220.0 5170.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Herb 8.0 467.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Herb 530.0 11400.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Herb 260.0 2955.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
L-NORADRENALIN 0 Plant not available 2500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Herb 880.0 19900.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Herb 704.0 18245.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed not available 67686.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Herb 3221.0 64315.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 17226.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Herb 650.0 13200.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Herb 670.0 18700.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Plant not available 5100.0 1.41 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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