Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Amorphophallus konjac (Araceae)

Common Names
Devil's Tongue, Konjac, Leopard Palm, Umbrella Arum, Elephant Yam, Snake Palm
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
ADENINE 11 Root *
ALUMINUM 5 Root *
ASH 0 Leaf 2000.0 77000.0 -0.74 *
ASH 0 Root 24000.0 -1.24 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 170.0 6538.0 -0.81 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 234.0 -0.79 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 23000.0 885000.0 2.17 *
CHOLINE 20 Root *
CHROMIUM 24 Root *
COBALT 2 Root 125.0 2.17 *
CONIINE 2 Plant 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 9000.0 -0.46 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 1000.0 38000.0 -1.53 *
FIBER 15 Root 88000.0 0.00 *
GLUCOMANNAN 3 Root *
GLUCOSE 7 Root *
IRON 6 Leaf 3.0 115.0 -0.63 *
IRON 6 Root *
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 80.0 3080.0 0.10 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Allergenic 2 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 3 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 (View) *
Anorectic? 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Anorexic 1 (View) 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 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
AntiAGE 1 (View) 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 (View) *
Antiaging 2 (View) *
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic 2 (View) *
Antialopecic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 4 (View) *