Plant Sechium edule (Cucurbitaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Chayote

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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
PEROXIDASE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Fruit	520.0	7430.0	1.42	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHOLIPIDS	0	Leaf	6728.0	38010.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	260.0	3715.0	0.15	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Shoot	470.0	6350.0	1.34	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	1500.0	21430.0	0.31	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Shoot	3100.0	41890.0	1.27	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Fruit	480.0	6855.0	0.78	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	7000.0	128570.0	0.26	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	26900.0	152000.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	0.4	5.7	0.15	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Shoot	0.8	11.0	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Fruit	510.0	7285.0	1.29	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Fruit	40.0	570.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Shoot	14.0	190.0	-1.02	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Shoot	0.3	4.0	-0.85	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Fruit	440.0	6285.0	1.36	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Fruit	120.0	1715.0	1.21	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Fruit	350.0	5000.0	1.07	Duke, 1992 *

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