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

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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
POTASSIUM	14	Shoot	1870.0	55200.0	2.20	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Shoot	1620.0	20903.0	1.40	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Root	30000.0	300000.0	2.04	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Shoot	22000.0	394840.0	1.66	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOASPARAGOSE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Shoot	960.0	12387.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Root	2.4	24.0	4.36	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Shoot	1.0	36.0	1.71	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SARSAPOGENIN	2	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Root	0.1	1.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Shoot	0.0	0.1	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Shoot	1160.0	14968.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Shoot	500.0	6452.0	-1.41	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILVER	3	Shoot	0.1	0.1	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Root	24.0	239.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Shoot	18.0	685.0	1.25	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Immunostimulant	8	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Immunosuppressant	1	Martindale's 29th
iNOS-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	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.
Insectifuge	5	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulin-Sparing	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Insulinotonic	1	J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant	4	Martindale's 28th
JNK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional	2	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Keratolytic	1	Martindale's 29th
Larvistat	2	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative	6	Duke, 1992 *