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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
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOALLIIN 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYTIDYLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DI-PROPYL-THIOSULFINATES 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIALLYL-SULFIDE 25 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIKETOGLUCONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-DISULFIDE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ESCULETIN 30 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ESTERASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-SULFIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYLENE-BIS-DITHIO-CARBAMATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Flower 5000.0 30000.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf 3000.0 47000.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Root 3000.0 22000.0 -0.03 Duke, 1992 *
FERRIC-PHOSPHATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Flower 11000.0 65000.0 -0.81 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 10000.0 94000.0 -0.84 Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihangover 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 2 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 11 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.
Antiherpetic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 6 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.