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
Antiviral	1	Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Anxiolytic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	1	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	1	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	1	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Cardioprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Collagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist	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
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *