APIGENIN-7-GLUCOSIDE

ARGININE

ASCORBIC-ACID

BETA-CAROTENE

BIXAGHANENE

BIXEIN

BIXIN

BIXOL

BIXORELLIN

CALCIUM

CARBOHYDRATES

CELLULOSE

CROCETIN

CRYPTOXANTHIN

CYANIDIN

ELLAGIC-ACID

HEMICELLULOSE

HISTIDINE

IRON

ISHWARANE

ISOBIXIN

ISOLEUCINE

KILOCALORIES

LEUCINE

LIGNIN

LUTEIN

LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE

LYSINE

METHIONINE

METHYL-BIXIN

MUCILAGE

MYRISTIC-ACID

NEUROSPORENE

NIACIN

NITROGEN

NORBIXIN

OLEIC-ACID

ORELLIN

PALMITIC-ACID

PALMITOLIC-ACID

PECTIN

PENTOSANS

PHENYLALANINE

PHOSPHORUS

PHYTOENE

PHYTOFLUENE

RIBOFLAVIN

SALICYLIC-ACID

SAPONINS

SILICA

STEARIC-ACID

TANNINS

THIAMIN

THREONINE

TOMENTOSIC-ACID

TRYPTOPHAN

VALINE

ZEAXANTHIN

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