Common Names
Salsify
How this plant is used
Food
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 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
---|---|---|
Antidysphagic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antieczemic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Antiedemic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antiencephalitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antiencephalopathic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
Antiendometriotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antienterotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiepileptic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiestrogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antifatigue | 5 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antifeedant | 2 | 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. |
Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antifibrotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiflu | 1 | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Antigallstone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antigastritic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |