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

Common Names

Salsify

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
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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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
Proliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
PTK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Radioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Scabicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Serotoninergic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Spermigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Succinoxidase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Thyroid-Peroxidase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	1	Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Tranquilizer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Ubiquiot	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.