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

Plant Alocasia macrorrhiza (Araceae)

Common Names
Giant Taro
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
ALPHA-ALANINE 0 Plant *
ALUMINUM 5 Root 3.6 12.0 -0.31 *
AMYLOSE 0 Plant *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 50.0 -0.44 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 572.0 -0.32 *
ASH 0 Leaf 8000.0 17700.0 -1.78 *
ASH 0 Root 3000.0 30975.0 -1.04 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Plant *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root *
BETA-GLUCOSIDASE 0 Plant *
BETA-LECTINS 0 Plant *
BORON 4 Root 1.0 3.3 -0.77 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 570.0 15700.0 -0.19 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 281.0 1875.0 -0.61 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Root 370.0 -0.61 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 520000.0 -0.73 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 30000.0 925000.0 1.22 *
CITRATES 0 Root 2380.0 10600.0 0.61 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Plant *
COPPER 12 Root 0.7 2.4 -1.03 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
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
Additive 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 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Allergenic 3 (View) *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 3 (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).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Antiacne 3 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
AntiAGE 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 2 (View) *