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Plant Sechium edule (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
Chayote
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
ALANINE 3 Fruit 560.0 8000.0 1.69 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMINO-UREIDOBUTYRIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Fruit 380.0 5430.0 0.30 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 110.0 1570.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Shoot 330.0 4460.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 4000.0 57145.0 0.01 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Leaf 21600.0 122000.0 0.06 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Shoot 8000.0 108100.0 0.13 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 1010.0 14430.0 0.56 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Shoot 12.0 164.0 0.02 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 190.0 2715.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 592.0 3345.0 -1.03 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Shoot 660.0 8920.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 54000.0 771430.0 -0.06 Duke, 1992 *
CITRULLINE 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Leaf 1.8 10.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 1000.0 42860.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf 23200.0 131100.0 1.49 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Shoot 22000.0 297300.0 4.74 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 7000.0 100000.0 -0.39 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
Antibacterial 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
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 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticerebrotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antichoreic 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 2 Duke, 1992 *