Common Names
Elephant-Foot Yam
How this plant is used
Food
Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ALUMINUM | 5 | Root | 4.0 | 18.0 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Root | 15.0 | 279.0 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
ASH | 0 | Root | 3100.0 | 66000.0 | -0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
ASH | 0 | Shoot | not available | 163000.0 | 1.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Root | 0.0 | 6.8 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
BORON | 4 | Root | 1.7 | 7.7 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
CALCIUM | 28 | Root | 260.0 | 5720.0 | -0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
CALCIUM | 28 | Shoot | not available | 15200.0 | 0.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
CALCIUM-OXALATE | 4 | Root | 3820.0 | 17200.0 | 0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Root | 184000.0 | 856000.0 | 0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Shoot | not available | 651000.0 | 0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
CITRATES | 0 | Root | 2560.0 | 11530.0 | 0.86 | Duke, 1992 * |
COPPER | 12 | Root | 1.8 | 8.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
FAT | 0 | Root | 600.0 | 16000.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
FAT | 0 | Shoot | not available | 33000.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
FIBER | 15 | Root | 7000.0 | 65315.0 | -0.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
FIBER | 15 | Shoot | not available | 142000.0 | -0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
IRON | 6 | Root | 5.0 | 112.0 | -0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
KILOCALORIES | 0 | Root | 771.0 | 3770.0 | 0.89 | Duke, 1992 * |
MAGNESIUM | 65 | Root | 220.0 | 3120.0 | 0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
---|---|---|
Antiepileptic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antifatigue | 5 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antifibrotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
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. |
Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antigrey | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Antihangover | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiheartburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antihemorrhagic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antihepatitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antihepatotoxic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
Antiherpetic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiherpetic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antihistaminic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |