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 |
---|---|---|
Antiplaque | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
AntiPMS | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
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 | Duke, 1992 * |
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 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antirheumatic | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antirhinitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiseborrheic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |