Potent purslane.Your article on Omega-3's in the September/October 2001 Vegetarian Journal was very interesting. I am growing purslane purslane, common name for some plants of the Portulaceae, a family of herbs and a few small shrubs, chiefly of the Americas. The portulacas or purslanes (genus Portulaca) include many species indigenous to the United States. , Portulaca portulaca (pôr'chəlăk`ə): see purslane. oleracea, in my yard, and I add some branches to my daily salad. You mention purslane as a source of Omega-3's, but it is not mentioned ... under the OMEGA 1. (programming) Omega - A prototype-based object-oriented language from Austria. ["Type-Safe Object-Oriented Programming with Prototypes - The Concept of Omega", G. Blaschek, Structured Programming 12:217-225, 1991]. 2. CONTENT IN VARIOUS FOODS tables. I would be very interested to know how much I would have to eat to meet [the content of] any of the foods mentioned in the table. Would you be able to find out? Annemarie Rosengreen Los Altos, CA Gail's Response: How wonderful that you are growing purslane in your garden! Purslane contains 0.4 grams of ALA per 100-gram raw edible portion (a normal portion size). It also contains a very small amount of EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. . |
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