Common Names
Devil's Tongue; Konjac; Leopard Palm; Umbrella Arum; Elephant Yam; Snake Palm
How this plant is used
Food
Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ADENINE | 11 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ALUMINUM | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ASH | 0 | Leaf | 2000.0 | 77000.0 | -0.74 | Duke, 1992 * |
ASH | 0 | Root | not available | 24000.0 | -1.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 170.0 | 6538.0 | -0.81 | Duke, 1992 * |
CALCIUM | 28 | Root | not available | 234.0 | -0.79 | Duke, 1992 * |
CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 23000.0 | 885000.0 | 2.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
CHOLINE | 20 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
CHROMIUM | 24 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
COBALT | 2 | Root | not available | 125.0 | 2.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
CONIINE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Willaman, J. J., Schubert, B. G. 1961. Alkaloid Bearing Plants and their Contained Alkaloids. ARS, USDA, Tech. Bull. 1234, Supt. Doc., Washington D.C. |
FAT | 0 | Root | not available | 9000.0 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
FIBER | 15 | Leaf | 1000.0 | 38000.0 | -1.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
FIBER | 15 | Root | not available | 88000.0 | 0.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
GLUCOMANNAN | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
GLUCOSE | 7 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
IRON | 6 | Leaf | 3.0 | 115.0 | -0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
IRON | 6 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
KILOCALORIES | 0 | Leaf | 80.0 | 3080.0 | 0.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
---|---|---|
ACE-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Acetylcholinergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Allergenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Amphiglycemic? | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Analgesic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Androgenic? | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Anorectic? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Anorexic | 1 | Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp. |
Antiacne | 5 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Antiacrodermatitic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Antiacrodynic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
AntiAGE | 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 |
Antiaggregant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiaging | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Antialcoholic | 4 | Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications. |
Antiallergic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antialopecic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antialzheimeran | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |