Plant Allium ampeloprasum (Liliaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
KAEMPFEROL-HETEROSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Flower	550.0	3250.0	0.13	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Leaf	350.0	3560.0	0.87	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Root	450.0	3280.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
LACTATE-DEHYDROGENASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNIN	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALTOSE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANNITOL	18	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ALLIIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-SULFIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYO-INOSITOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Flower	9.0	53.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Leaf	5.0	57.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINIC-ACID	11	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
Memorigenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Memory-Enhancer	1	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator	3	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
Monoamine-Precursor	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Musculotropic	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Myorelaxant	2	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Nematicide	2	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neoplastic	1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Nephrotoxic	1	Martindale's 29th
Neuroexcitant	1	Martindale's 28th
Neuroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NF-kB-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Occuloirritant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	4	Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.