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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
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Pemphigenic 1 My Rodale Press Green Farmacy Draft, miscellaneous abstracts.
Perfumery 3 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 24 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Photoactive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phytoalexin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phytohormonal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Preservative 2 Merck 11th Edition
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prooxidant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Psychotropic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Radioprotective 1 LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The
Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp.
Renotoxic 1 Merck 11th Edition