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

Common Names

Asparagus

How this plant is used

Food

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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
22-SPIROSTAN-3BETA-OL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-VINYL-GUAIACOL	4	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-VINYL-PHENOL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Seed	1440.0	18581.0	1.79	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMINODIMETHYL-GAMMA-BUTYROTHETIN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CAROTENE	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Shoot	50.0	645.0	-1.41	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Shoot	13.0	700.0	-1.65	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Shoot	1430.0	18452.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Shoot	0.0	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	398.0	3976.0	1.63	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Shoot	100.0	5714.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Root	2900.0	29000.0	-1.10	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Shoot	6000.0	171000.0	1.58	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE	2	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGOSIDES	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGUSIC-ACID	4	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARASAPONINS	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Shoot	3550.0	45805.0	0.77	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Shoot	2.0	70.0	-1.04	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
Antischizophrenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiscoliotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antisenility	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	9	Martindale's 28th
Antiserotonin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antishingles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling	4	Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisilicotic	1	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antisinusitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antispare-Tire	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
Antispasmodic	8	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antispasmophilic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antispastic	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiSpina-Bifida	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistaphylococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisteatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisterility	1	Duke, 1992 *