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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (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.