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Plant Tragopogon porrifolius (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Salsify
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
9,10-EPOXYSTEARIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Root not available 56.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Root not available 0.1 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 80.0 491.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 0.0 0.3 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 480.0 2610.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
CAOUTCHOUC 0 Root not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 186000.0 888000.0 0.74 Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE 7 Root not available 460.0 -1.37 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Root not available 1.0 -1.19 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Root 2000.0 39150.0 0.54 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Root 2000.0 78300.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
GUM 0 Seed not available 10000.0 -0.74 Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYDIEN-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INULIN 19 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Root 7.0 67.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
ISOORIENTIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOVITEXIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUCENIN-1 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN 78 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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