Portulaca oleracea

Portulaca oleraceaLaith alasadi

Portulaca oleraceaKingdom:PlantaeOrder:CaryophyllalesFamily:PortulacaceaeGenus:Portulaca

Species:P. oleracea

Portulaca oleracea Portulaca oleracea (common

purslane, also known as verdolaga, pigweed, little hogweed, "red root", pursley, and moss rose) is an annual succulent in the family Portulacaceae.

Nutritional value Purslane, raw Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) Energy 84 kJ (20 kcal)/ Carbohydrates 3.39 g Fat 0.36 g Protein 2.03 g

Nutritional value Vitamins Vitamin A 1320 IU Thiamine (B1) (4%)0.047 mg Riboflavin (B2) (9%)0.112 mg Niacin (B3) (3%)0.48 mg Vitamin B6 (6%)0.073 mg Folate (B9) (3%)12 μg Vitamin C (25%)21 mg Vitamin E (81%)12.2

Nutritional value Trace metals: Calcium (7%)65 mg Iron (15%)1.99 mg Magnesium (19%)68 mg Manganese (14%)0.303 mg Phosphorus (6%)44 mg Potassium (11%)494 mg Zinc (2%)0.17 mg

Distribution

It has an extensive natural distribution throughout the Old World extending from North Africa through the Middle East and the India to Malesia and Australia

The species status in the New World is uncertain, It is naturalised elsewhere and in some regions is considered an invasive weed.

Description It has smooth, reddish stems and

alternate leaves clustered at stem joints and ends.

The yellow flowers have five regular parts and are up to 6 mm wide.

Depending upon rainfall, the flowers appear at anytime during the year.

which may reach 40 cm in height.

Uses it may be eaten as a leaf vegetable. It has a slightly sour and salty taste and

is eaten throughout much of Europe, the middle east, Asia.

Purslane may be used fresh as a salad, stir-fried, or cooked as spinach

because of its mucilaginous quality it also is suitable for soups and stews

medicinal effect A rare subclass of Homoisoflavonoids

, from the plant, showed in vitro cytotoxic activities towards four human cancer cell lines

its leaves are used to treat insect or snake bites on the skinboils, sores, pain from bee stings, bacillary dysentery, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, postpartum bleeding, and intestinal bleeding

medicinal effect Seed pods (closed and open) active constituents include: noradrenaline, calcium

salts , dopamine, malic acid, citric acid,

glutamic acid, asparagic acid, nicotinic acid, alanine,

glucose, fructose, and sucrose

medicinal effect Purslane contains more omega-3 fatty

acids (alpha-linolenic acid in particular) than any other leafy vegetable plant.

Also present two types of betalain alkaloid pigments.

Both of these pigment types are potent antioxidants and have been found to have antimutagenic properties in laboratory studies.

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