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

Common Names

Devil's Tongue; Konjac; Leopard Palm; Umbrella Arum; Elephant Yam; Snake Palm

How this plant is used

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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	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 *

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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
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 *