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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Sechium edule (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
Chayote
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
FIBER 15 Shoot 8000.0 108100.0 -0.78 *
GABA 22 Fruit *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 1370.0 19570.0 0.49 *
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 450.0 6430.0 1.09 *
GLYCOLIPIDS 0 Leaf 7145.0 40365.0 *
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 160.0 2285.0 0.40 *
IRON 6 Fruit 4.0 57.0 -0.30 *
IRON 6 Leaf 46.0 262.0 -0.26 *
IRON 6 Shoot 3.0 40.0 -0.61 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 480.0 6855.0 0.97 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 240.0 3430.0 -0.35 *
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 840.0 12000.0 1.47 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 430.0 6145.0 0.53 *
M-CARBOXYPHENYLALANINE 0 Plant *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 140.0 2000.0 -0.06 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 670.0 3785.0 -0.13 *
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 10.0 145.0 -1.00 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 5.0 70.0 0.12 *
NIACIN 39 Shoot 8.0 110.0 0.03 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit 340.0 -0.29 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Acaricide 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Allergenic 2 (View) *
Analeptic 1 (View) *
Analgesic 4 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Antiacid 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
AntiADD 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
AntiAGE 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 2 (View) *
Antiaging 2 (View) *
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 (View) *
Antialdosteronic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).