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
FAT	0	Root	2400.0	24000.0	0.04	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Shoot	2000.0	41000.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Shoot	7000.0	141000.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE)	0	Root	not available	141000.0	0.88	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY)	0	Root	not available	390000.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN	15	Shoot	1.0	18.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Shoot	5010.0	64645.0	0.98	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Shoot	990.0	12774.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GUAIACOL	18	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUM	0	Root	11000.0	110000.0	0.15	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Shoot	470.0	6065.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
INOSITOL	8	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INULIN	19	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Root	1.2	12.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Shoot	6.0	240.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Shoot	1120.0	14452.0	-0.11	Duke, 1992 *
JAMOGENIN	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Root	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 *