Plant Tragopogon porrifolius (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Salsify

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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
MAGNESIUM	65	Root	140.0	1000.0	-0.83	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Root	not available	12.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Root	5.0	22.0	-0.82	Duke, 1992 *
ORIENTIN	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Root	500.0	3262.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Root	1830.0	16964.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Root	14000.0	143550.0	0.28	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	not available	177000.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN	44	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Root	1.0	10.0	1.30	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Root	80.0	870.0	-0.11	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Root	not available	250.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Root	1.0	3.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
VICENIN-1	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VICENIN-2	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VITEXIN	18	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Root	768000.0	776000.0	0.04	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Root	not available	2.0	-0.97	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor	1	Martindale's 29th
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Shin*, K.H., Chung, M.S., Chae, Y.J., Yoon, K.Y., Cho, T.S. 1992. A survey for aldose reductase inhibition of herbal medicines. Fitoterapia 64(2): 130, 1993.
Allergenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacne	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE	1	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	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	4	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.