Plant Asparagus officinalis (Liliaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Asparagus

How this plant is used

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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
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colorectal)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	3	Yasukawa, K., Takido, M., Takeuchi, M., Sato, Y., Nitta, K., and Nakagawa, S. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Flavonol Glycosides on 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-Induced Tumor Promotion. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(3): 774-776, 1990.
Antiulcer	11	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic	2	Rafatullah, S., Tariq, M., Al-Yahya, M.A., Mossa, J.S., and Ageel, A.M. 1989. Evaluation of Turmeric (Curcuma longa) for Gastric and Duodenal Antiulcer Activity in Rats. J. of Ethnopharmacology, 29: 25-34, 1990.
Antiuremic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivaginitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antivaricose	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *