CONSTITUENT PROPERTIES OF THE ARTICHOKE.According to the analysis of Braconnet, the constituent elements of an artichoke are,starch 30, albumen 10, uncrystallizable sugar 148, gum 12, fixed oil 1, woody fibre 12, inorganic matter 27, and water 770.

HILLEBRAND, W. F. Applied inorganic analysis, by W. F. Hillebrand and G. E. F. Lundell.