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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	6.5	65.0	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Shoot	0.3	120.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Shoot	6.0	104.0	1.49	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Shoot	0.0	0.1	-1.32	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	265.0	2650.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Shoot	160.0	3840.0	-0.80	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Shoot	36000.0	602000.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Root	0.2	1.5	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Shoot	0.1	0.7	-1.12	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Shoot	0.1	0.1	-0.92	Duke, 1992 *
CONIFERIN	2	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Shoot	1.0	24.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-MONOGLUCOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-RHAMNOSYLGLUCOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-RHAMNOSYLGLUCOSYLGLUCOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Shoot	360.0	4645.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSGENIN	7	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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 *