Plant Agave americana (Agavaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Century Plant; Maguey

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
AGAVASAPONINS	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AGAVOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AGAVOSIDES	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Plant	not available	124000.0	0.05	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Plant	not available	820000.0	0.95	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIN	3	Flower	not available	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCURONIC-ACID	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-9,11-DEHYDROHECOGENIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Plant	not available	13000.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Plant	not available	156000.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HECOGENIN	0	Plant	4000.0	30000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-RUTINOOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-ARABINOSE	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PISCIDIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Plant	not available	61000.0	-0.92	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
CNS-Paralytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Diagnostic	1	Martindale's 28th
Diuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Dye	1	Merck 11th Edition
Fatal	1	Martindale's 29th
Hemostatic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hyperglycemic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hypocholesterolemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Irritant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer	1	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Pesticide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Piscicide	1	Merck 11th Edition
Renotoxic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Sweetener	1	Martindale's 28th
Varroacide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	1	Duke, 1992 *