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

Common Names

Lucid Asparagus

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
5-METHOXY-METHYL-FURFURAL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Root	not available	0.2	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	not available	1810.0	-0.61	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Root	4.0	5.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Root	not available	30.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Root	not available	430.0	-1.13	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Root	not available	10.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Root	not available	0.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Root	not available	6350.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOSARSAPOGENIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Root	not available	139.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Root	7.0	8.0	-0.71	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 *
Analgesic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	2	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiaggregant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiallergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiandrogenic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *