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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
SULFUR-TRIOXIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Flower 1.4 8.3 0.88 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.9 8.5 0.04 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Root 1.1 8.0 0.12 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN-PYROPHOSPHATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
URIDYLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIT-U 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Flower not available 831000.0 0.12 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Leaf 854000.0 894000.0 0.43 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Root not available 863000.0 0.61 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 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