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
3-(3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYL)ALANINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Herb	570.0	13400.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS	0	Leaf	not available	300.0	-0.59	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Herb	4000.0	80000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Herb	520.0	10400.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBATE	0	Plant	224.0	5230.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Herb	105.0	7000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Herb	14000.0	159090.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGIC-ACID	0	Plant	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.
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Herb	770.0	19600.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Seed	not available	2262.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Herb	11.0	4650.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CYANIN	0	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.
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	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.
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Herb	780.0	20800.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE	4	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.
CARBOHYDRATE	0	Herb	35500.0	632000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Herb	35500.0	632000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	10	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticalculic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	3	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinogenic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.