Purslane Weed (Portulaca oleracea): A Prospective Plant Source of Nutrition, Omega-3 Fatty Acid, and Antioxidant Attributes

Table 6

Antioxidant content of purslane and spinach leaves.

Name	Alpha-tocopherol		Ascorbic acid		Beta-carotene
	mg/100 g (fresh wt.)′	mg/100 g (dry wt.)	mg/100 g (fresh wt.)′	mg/100 g (dry wt.)	mg/100 (g fresh wt.)′	mg/100 g (dry wt.)
Chamber grown purslane	22.2	230	26.6	506	1.9	38.2
Wild purslane	8.2	170	23.0	451	2.2	43.5
Spinach	1.8	36	21.7	430	3.3	63.5

Source: Simopoulos et al., 1992 [21].