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
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prebiotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Preservative	1	Merck 11th Edition
Previtamin-A	1	Duke, 1992 *
Probiotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Probiotigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prolactinogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Proliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer	1	Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	4	Alanko, J., et al. 1999. Modulation of Arachidonic Acid Metabolism by Phenols: Relation to their Structure and Antioxidant/Proooxidant Properties. Free Radical Biol Med, 26(1/2): 193-201.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	3	Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide	2	Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105.
PTK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	4	Duke, 1992 *
Radioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Retinoprotectant Optometry	1	Duke, 1992 *
Roborant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Rodenticide	4	Duke, 1992 *