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

Common Names
Purslane; Verdolaga
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
3-(3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYL)ALANINE 0 Plant *
ALANINE 3 Herb 570.0 13400.0 -1.00 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Leaf 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 *
ARABINOSE 0 Plant *
ARGININE 14 Herb 520.0 10400.0 -1.00 *
ASCORBATE 0 Plant 224.0 5230.0 1.00 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Herb 105.0 7000.0 -1.00 *
ASH 0 Herb 14000.0 159090.0 -1.00 *
ASPARAGIC-ACID 0 Plant 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 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Seed 2262.0 -0.47 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Herb 11.0 4650.0 1.00 *
BETA-CYANIN 0 Herb List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Herb 780.0 20800.0 -1.00 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Herb 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 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Herb 35500.0 632000.0 1.00 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidysgeuzic 1 *
Antidyskinetic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 3 *
Antidyspeptic 1 *
Antidysphagic 1 *
Antieczemic 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 1 *
Antiencephalitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 7 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 *
Antienterotic 1 *
Antiepileptic 5 *
Antiepitheleomic 1 *
Antiescherichic 1 *
Antiestrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.