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Plant Asparagus officinalis (Liliaceae)

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
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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antistomatitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antistreptococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistress 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisunburn 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X 8 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
Antithalassemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombotic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antithromboxane-B2 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
Antithyroid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitoxemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic 2 Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antituberculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 7 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.