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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
KAEMPFEROL-HETEROSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Flower 550.0 3250.0 0.13 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 350.0 3560.0 0.87 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Root 450.0 3280.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
LACTATE-DEHYDROGENASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGNIN 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALTOSE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANNITOL 18 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ALLIIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-SULFIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYO-INOSITOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Flower 9.0 53.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Leaf 5.0 57.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINIC-ACID 11 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
Antimenorrhagic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 4 Martindale's 29th
Antimitotic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimorphinic 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiMS 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 14 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyelotoxic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antimyocarditic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinauseant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antineoplastic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antineuralgic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosaminic 5 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinyctalopic 1 Duke, 1992 *