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

 SAPOGENINS

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Chemid
SAPOGENINS
Ubiquitous
No

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Plant Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
Achyranthes aspera Plant -- -- -- *
Allium sativum var. sativum Bulb 140.0 400.0 -- LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
Dioscorea composita Root 40000.0 60000.0 -- *
Dioscorea villosa Tuber -- 13000.0 -- *
Melilotus officinalis Leaf -- -- -- Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.