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Common Names
Salsify
How this plant is used
Food
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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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Immunomodulator | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunostimulant | 5 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Immunosuppressant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| iNOS-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insectifuge | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Insectiphile | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Insulinogenic | 2 | 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 |
| Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interferonogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Keratolytic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Larvistat | 1 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
| Laxative | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Leptingenic | 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 |
| Lipolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lithogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Litholytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAO-A-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAO-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |