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Common Names
Asparagus
How this plant is used
Food
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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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Oviposition-Stimulant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Oxidant | 2 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
| P21-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inducer | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| PAF-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pancreatoxic | 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 |
| Parasiticide | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Parasympathomimetic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Percutaneostimulant | 2 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 5 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Pesticide | 21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PGE2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Phospholipase-A2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phospholipase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pituitary-Stimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Plasmodicide | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |