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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
ASCORBIC-ACID-OXIDASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Flower 4000.0 24000.0 -1.02 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Leaf 8000.0 75000.0 -0.77 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Root 9000.0 66000.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Flower 25.0 151.0 1.71 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 0.2 230.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 0.2 1.8 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-SULFIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Flower 230.0 1361.0 -1.22 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 520.0 5472.0 -0.89 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 520.0 3796.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Flower 105000.0 621000.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 70000.0 767000.0 1.23 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 103000.0 752000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CATALASE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE 1 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
Hepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 2 Angewandte Botanik 68(5/6)=1994. Page 195.
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 2 Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
Hypnotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 11 Duke, 1992 *
Hypoglycemic 8 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 7 Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 8 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant 2 Martindale's 29th
Insectifuge 5 Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.