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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
FOLACIN 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSYLSUCROSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOFRUCTAN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMATE-DEHYDROGENASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMINE 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUANYLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEMICELLULOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HISTONES 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Flower 9.0 53.0 -0.75 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Leaf 11.0 255.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Root 11.0 80.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-XYLOSYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 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.