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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
Antianaphylactic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antianginal 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiangiogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiasthmatic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiasthmatic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 17 Duke, 1992 *
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *