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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
NIACIN 39 Shoot 11.0 366.0 3.22 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Shoot 0.9 1.8 -1.05 Duke, 1992 *
O-CRESOL 6 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OFFICINALISIN-II 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Shoot 60.0 774.0 -1.41 Duke, 1992 *
P-CRESOL 8 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PAEONIDIN-3-GLUCOSYLRHAMNOSYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PAEONIDINRHAMNOSYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Shoot 450.0 5806.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Shoot 10.0 129.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Shoot 2.0 22.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTOSANS 0 Shoot not available 70000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENOL 26 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Shoot 720.0 9290.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PHILOTHION 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root 746.0 7460.0 0.69 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Shoot 390.0 10244.0 3.11 Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Plant not available 0.6 0.46 Booth, S. L., Suttie, J. W. 1998. Dietary intake and adequacy of vitamin K. J. Nutrition, 128(5): 785-788.
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Shoot 246.0 3097.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Root 3350.0 33500.0 1.30 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.