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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Allium ampeloprasum (Liliaceae)

Common Names
Elephant Garlic; Kurrat
How this plant is used
Food

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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 *
ASH 0 Flower 4000.0 24000.0 -1.02 *
ASH 0 Leaf 8000.0 75000.0 -0.77 *
ASH 0 Root 9000.0 66000.0 -0.04 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Plant *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Plant *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Flower 25.0 151.0 1.71 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 0.2 230.0 -0.14 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 0.2 1.8 -0.42 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant *
BUTYL-SULFIDE 0 Plant *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Flower 230.0 1361.0 -1.22 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 520.0 5472.0 -0.89 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 520.0 3796.0 -0.40 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Flower 105000.0 621000.0 -0.22 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 70000.0 767000.0 1.23 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 103000.0 752000.0 -1.00 *
CATALASE 1 Plant *
CELLULOSE 1 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Insulinase-Inhibitor 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 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
Insulinotonic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant 1 *
Juvabional 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Lachrymatory 1 *
Larvistat 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 6 *
Leptingenic 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
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 2 *
Lipolytic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Lipotropic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 6 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Lubricant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
MAO-Inhibitor 2 *