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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Amorphophallus campanulatus (Araceae)

Common Names
Elephant-Foot Yam
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
ALUMINUM 5 Root 4.0 18.0 -0.30 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 15.0 279.0 -0.49 *
ASH 0 Root 3100.0 66000.0 -0.04 *
ASH 0 Shoot 163000.0 1.40 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 0.0 6.8 -0.39 *
BORON 4 Root 1.7 7.7 -0.60 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 260.0 5720.0 -0.18 *
CALCIUM 28 Shoot 15200.0 0.03 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Root 3820.0 17200.0 0.25 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 184000.0 856000.0 0.33 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Shoot 651000.0 0.34 *
CITRATES 0 Root 2560.0 11530.0 0.86 *
COPPER 12 Root 1.8 8.0 -0.41 *
FAT 0 Root 600.0 16000.0 -0.23 *
FAT 0 Shoot 33000.0 -0.26 *
FIBER 15 Root 7000.0 65315.0 -0.51 *
FIBER 15 Shoot 142000.0 -0.40 *
IRON 6 Root 5.0 112.0 -0.28 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Root 771.0 3770.0 0.89 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 220.0 3120.0 0.30 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiplaque 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiPMS 4 *
Antipneumonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostatitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 *
Antiretinopathic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinotic 1 *
Antirheumatic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antirhinitic 1 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 *
Antiseborrheic 1 Martindale's 29th