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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Asparagus lucidus (Liliaceae)

Common Names
Lucid Asparagus
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
5-METHOXY-METHYL-FURFURAL 0 Root *
ARSENIC 2 Root 0.2 -0.20 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Root *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root *
CALCIUM 28 Root 1810.0 -0.61 *
COPPER 12 Root 4.0 5.0 -0.74 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Root *
GLUCOSE 7 Root *
IRON 6 Root 30.0 -0.40 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 430.0 -1.13 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 10.0 -0.43 *
MERCURY 1 Root 0.0 -0.48 *
POTASSIUM 14 Root 6350.0 -0.69 *
PROTOSARSAPOGENIN 0 Root *
SAPONIN 0 Root *
SODIUM 1 Root 139.0 -0.45 *
ZINC 77 Root 7.0 8.0 -0.71 *

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ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Analgesic 1 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anorexic 2 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacne 1 (View) *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiaggregant 1 (View) *
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 4 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiallergic 1 (View) *
Antialopecic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiandrogenic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 3 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 1 (View) *