Plant Amorphophallus campanulatus (Araceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Elephant-Foot Yam

How this plant is used

Food

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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
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 *

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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
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 *