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

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Asparagus

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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
Hepatomagenic	2	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective	10	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	1	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
HIV-RT-Inhibitor	2	Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hypercholesterolemic	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypnotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic	17	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	14	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Hypotriglyceridemic	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
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	9	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.