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

Plant Agave americana (Agavaceae)

Common Names
Century Plant, Maguey
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
AGAVASAPONINS 0 Plant *
AGAVOSE 0 Plant *
AGAVOSIDES 0 Plant *
ASH 0 Plant 124000.0 0.05 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Plant 820000.0 0.95 *
CHLOROGENIN 3 Flower 5000.0 *
D-GLUCURONIC-ACID 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
DELTA-9,11-DEHYDROHECOGENIN 0 Plant *
FAT 0 Plant 13000.0 -0.57 *
FIBER 15 Plant 156000.0 -0.49 *
GALACTOSE 1 Plant *
GLUCOSE 7 Plant *
HECOGENIN 0 Plant 4000.0 30000.0 1.00 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
KAEMPFEROL-3-RUTINOOSIDE 0 Plant *
L-ARABINOSE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Plant *
PISCIDIC-ACID 0 Plant *
PROTEIN 0 Plant 61000.0 -0.92 *
RHAMNOSE 0 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Acaricide 1 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Antialzheimeran 1 (View) *
Antidementia 1 (View) *
Antidiabetic 2 (View) *
Antiedemic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antihypertensive 1 (View) *
Antiinflammatory 1 (View) *
Antiketotic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiobesity 1 (View) *
Antiseptic 1 (View) *
Antitumor 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiulcer 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antivaricose 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Beta-Blocker 1 (View) *
Cancer-Preventive 1 (View) Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cardioprotective 1 (View) *
Cerebrotonic 1 (View) *