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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	5	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cardioprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Emollient	1	Martindale's 29th
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).