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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Allium ampeloprasum (Liliaceae)

Common Names
Elephant Garlic, Kurrat
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1-O-CAFFEOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Plant *
3,4-DIMETHYL-2,5-DIOXO-2,5-DIHYDROTHIOPHENE 0 Plant *
3,5-DIALKYLTRITHIOLANES 0 Plant *
4-HYDROXY-PROLINE 0 Plant *
ACETYL-SYNTHETASE 0 Plant *
ADENYLIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ALANINE 3 Plant *
ALCOHOL-DEHYDROGENASE 0 Plant *
ALLIIN 21 Plant *
ALLITHIAMINE 0 Plant *
ALLYL 0 Plant *
ALLYL-MONOSULFIDE 0 Plant *
ALLYL-SULFIDE 7 Plant *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Plant *
ALUMINUM-PHOSPHATE 0 Plant *
ARGINASE 0 Plant *
ARGININE 14 Plant *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Flower 400.0 2367.0 -0.11 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 170.0 3019.0 -0.16 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 170.0 1241.0 0.06 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acantholytic 1 (View) My Rodale Press Green Farmacy Draft, miscellaneous abstracts.
Acaricide 1 (View) *
Acarifuge 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 (View) Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelochemic 3 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 2 (View) Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 6 (View) *
Analgesic 10 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th