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Plant Tragopogon porrifolius (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Salsify
How this plant is used
Food

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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
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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Uricosuric 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Vasodilator 7 Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor 1 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.