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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
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 22000.0 217000.0 0.05 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Root 22000.0 161000.0 0.48 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Flower 1.9 11.2 1.17 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 0.6 9.4 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
RIBONUCLEIC-ACID 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
S-2,2-PROPENYL-AMINO-ACID-SULFOXIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SIDERAMINES 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICON-DIOXIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 50.0 472.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-DEHYDROGENASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Leaf 600.0 700.0 -0.97 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.