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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
KILOCALORIES 0 Shoot 210.0 3130.0 0.40 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Shoot 10.0 129.0 1.41 *
LEAD 0 Shoot 1.5 30.0 -1.19 *
LEUCINE 2 Shoot 1330.0 17161.0 0.09 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Shoot 910.0 11742.0 1.41 *
LITHIUM 11 Shoot 0.4 0.6 -0.73 *
LUTEIN 15 Plant *
LYSINE 4 Shoot 1450.0 18710.0 0.31 *
M-CRESOL 8 Shoot *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 240.0 2400.0 -0.09 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Shoot 120.0 7000.0 -0.07 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 0.2 2.0 -0.52 *
MANGANESE 14 Shoot 2.0 100.0 -0.98 *
MANNAN 0 Rhizome *
MERCURY 1 Shoot 0.0 0.0 -1.41 *
METHIONINE 15 Shoot 290.0 3742.0 -1.00 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Shoot 0.6 1.8 -0.94 *
MUFA 13 Shoot 70.0 903.0 -1.41 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Shoot 10.0 129.0 1.41 *
NIACIN 39 Root 18.0 181.0 3.79 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antistomatitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antistreptococcic 1 *
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 *
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 *
Antithrombogenic 1 *
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 *
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 *
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic 2 Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antituberculic 1 *
Antitumor 7 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.