Plant Portulaca oleracea (Portulacaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Purslane; Verdolaga

How this plant is used

Food

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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	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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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
5-HETE-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Adrenergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelochemic	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic	1	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *