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Plant Allium ampeloprasum (Liliaceae)

Common Names
Elephant Garlic; Kurrat
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
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOALLIIN 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYTIDYLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DI-PROPYL-THIOSULFINATES 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIALLYL-SULFIDE 25 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIKETOGLUCONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-DISULFIDE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ESCULETIN 30 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ESTERASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-SULFIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYLENE-BIS-DITHIO-CARBAMATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Flower 5000.0 30000.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf 3000.0 47000.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Root 3000.0 22000.0 -0.03 Duke, 1992 *
FERRIC-PHOSPHATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Flower 11000.0 65000.0 -0.81 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 10000.0 94000.0 -0.84 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anthelmintic 2 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Antiacne 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenergic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 1 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 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *