Plant Arracacia xanthorrhiza (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Arracacha; Peruvian Carrot

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	310.0	1070.0	-0.03	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Root	9000.0	31150.0	-1.04	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	1.1	3.8	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	190.0	655.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Root	269000.0	930800.0	1.29	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Root	1000.0	3460.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Root	6000.0	20760.0	-1.50	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Root	9.0	31.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Root	1120.0	3875.0	1.12	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Root	36.0	125.0	2.17	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Root	550.0	1900.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Root	10000.0	34600.0	-0.94	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Root	0.2	0.7	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Root	100000.0	250000.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Root	0.7	2.4	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Root	not available	711000.0	-0.38	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
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	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
Allergenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	2	Duke, 1992 *
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 *
Antiacne	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
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	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
Antiaging	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.