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Plant Allium ampeloprasum (Liliaceae)

Common Names
Elephant Garlic; Kurrat
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1-O-CAFFEOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,4-DIMETHYL-2,5-DIOXO-2,5-DIHYDROTHIOPHENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,5-DIALKYLTRITHIOLANES 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-PROLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETYL-SYNTHETASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADENYLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALCOHOL-DEHYDROGENASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLIIN 21 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLITHIAMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLYL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLYL-MONOSULFIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLYL-SULFIDE 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM-PHOSPHATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGINASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Flower 400.0 2367.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 170.0 3019.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 170.0 1241.0 0.06 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiedemic 6 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 6 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibrotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigenotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 2 Duke, 1992 *