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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
SULFUR-TRIOXIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Flower 1.4 8.3 0.88 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.9 8.5 0.04 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Root 1.1 8.0 0.12 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN-PYROPHOSPHATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
URIDYLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIT-U 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Flower not available 831000.0 0.12 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Leaf 854000.0 894000.0 0.43 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Root not available 863000.0 0.61 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *