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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.
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
ODORIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXALATE-DEHYDROGENASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PECTINS 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PEROXIDASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENANTHRENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENOL-OXIDASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Flower 380.0 2249.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 480.0 4528.0 -0.08 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root 500.0 3650.0 0.02 Duke, 1992 *
POLYPHENOLS 30 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 3160.0 29811.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROPANE-THIOSULFINATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROPYL-DISULFIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROPYLOALLIIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Flower 55000.0 325000.0 2.11 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiretinotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiReye's 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirheumatic 6 Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisarcomic 1 LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
Antischizophrenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiseptic 12 Martindale's 28th
Antiserotonin 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling 3 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antispare-Tire 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
Antispasmodic 9 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 73.
AntiSpina-Bifida 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistaphylococcic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistress 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.