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

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Asparagus

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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
KILOCALORIES	0	Shoot	210.0	3130.0	0.40	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Shoot	10.0	129.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Shoot	1.5	30.0	-1.19	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Shoot	1330.0	17161.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Shoot	910.0	11742.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
LITHIUM	11	Shoot	0.4	0.6	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Shoot	1450.0	18710.0	0.31	Duke, 1992 *
M-CRESOL	8	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Root	240.0	2400.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Shoot	120.0	7000.0	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Root	0.2	2.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Shoot	2.0	100.0	-0.98	Duke, 1992 *
MANNAN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Shoot	0.0	0.0	-1.41	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Shoot	290.0	3742.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Shoot	0.6	1.8	-0.94	Duke, 1992 *
MUFA	13	Shoot	70.0	903.0	-1.41	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Shoot	10.0	129.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Root	18.0	181.0	3.79	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antimyelotoxic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antimyocarditic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antimyoclonic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antinauseant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephritic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antineuropathic?	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic	2	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiobesity	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiobesity?	1	Duke, 1992 *