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Plant Asparagus officinalis (Liliaceae)

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Common name(s)
Asparagus
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 22-SPIROSTAN-3BETA-OL Shoot -- -- -- *
4 4-VINYL-GUAIACOL Shoot -- -- -- *
0 4-VINYL-PHENOL Shoot -- -- -- *
3 ALANINE Seed 1440.0 18581.0 1.79 *
0 ALPHA-AMINODIMETHYL-GAMMA-BUTYROTHETIN Rhizome -- -- -- *
7 ALPHA-CAROTENE Plant -- -- -- *
15 ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID Shoot 50.0 645.0 -1.41 *
5 ALUMINUM Shoot 13.0 700.0 -1.65 *
14 ARGININE Shoot 1430.0 18452.0 -1.00 *
2 ARSENIC Shoot 0.0 0.0 -- *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Root 398.0 3976.0 1.63 *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Shoot 100.0 5714.0 -0.09 *
0 ASH Shoot 6000.0 171000.0 1.58 *
0 ASH Root 2900.0 29000.0 -1.10 *
2 ASPARAGINE Shoot -- -- -- *
0 ASPARAGOSIDES Shoot -- -- -- *
4 ASPARAGUSIC-ACID Shoot -- -- -- *
0 ASPARASAPONINS Plant -- -- -- *
3 ASPARTIC-ACID Shoot 3550.0 45805.0 0.77 *
0 BARIUM Shoot 2.0 70.0 -1.04 *
*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.