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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
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
Respiradepressant 1 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Scabicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Sedative 3 Duke, 1992 *
Serotoninergic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Squalene-Monooxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sunscreen 5 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener 6 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tranquilizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Triglycerigenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Triglycerolytic 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.
Tumor-Promoter 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.