General Information
NamePurslane
Scientific NamePortulaca oleracea
DescriptionPurslane is a common name for several plants with edible leaves and may refer to: Portulacaceae, a family of succulent flowering plants, and especially: Portulaca oleracea, a species of Portulaca eaten as a vegetable and considered a weed, known as summer purslane Portulaca grandiflora, moss rose, or moss-rose purslane Claytonia perfoliata, Miner's lettuce or winter purslane Claytonia sibirica, pink purslane Halimione portulacoides, sea purslane
Primary IDFOOD00142
Picture142
Classification
GroupHerbs and Spices
Sub-GroupHerbs
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Lineage
ITIS ID20422
Wikipedia IDPurslane
Composition
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References
Content Reference— Duke, James. 'Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. United States Department of Agriculture.' Agricultural Research Service, Accessed April 27 (2004).
— U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page.
— Rothwell JA, Pérez-Jiménez J, Neveu V, Medina-Ramon A, M'Hiri N, Garcia Lobato P, Manach C, Knox K, Eisner R, Wishart D, Scalbert A. (2013) Phenol-Explorer 3.0: a major update of the Phenol-Explorer database to incorporate data on the effects of food processing on polyphenol content. Database, 10.1093/database/bat070.
— Shinbo, Y., et al. 'KNApSAcK: a comprehensive species-metabolite relationship database.' Plant Metabolomics. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. 165-181.