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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
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiimpotence 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfarctal 1 Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 10 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinsomniac 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiketotic 2 Merck 11th Edition
AntiLegionella 2 Duke, 1992 *