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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Asparagus officinalis (Liliaceae)

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
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 6.5 65.0 -0.02 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Shoot 0.3 120.0 -0.18 *
BORON 4 Shoot 6.0 104.0 1.49 *
CADMIUM 3 Shoot 0.0 0.1 -1.32 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 265.0 2650.0 -0.52 *
CALCIUM 28 Shoot 160.0 3840.0 -0.80 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Shoot 36000.0 602000.0 0.06 *
CHOLINE 20 Rhizome *
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.2 1.5 -0.26 *
CHROMIUM 24 Shoot 0.1 0.7 -1.12 *
COBALT 2 Root *
COBALT 2 Shoot 0.1 0.1 -0.92 *
CONIFERIN 2 Shoot *
COPPER 12 Shoot 1.0 24.0 -0.19 *
CYANIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot *
CYANIDIN-3-MONOGLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot *
CYANIDIN-3-RHAMNOSYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot *
CYANIDIN-3-RHAMNOSYLGLUCOSYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot *
CYSTINE 2 Shoot 360.0 4645.0 -1.00 *
DIOSGENIN 7 Shoot *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Scabicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Serotoninergic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sunscreen 1 *
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Teratologic 2 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 2 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 2 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 3 Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Toxic 2 Martindale's 28th
Tranquilizer 2 *
Transdermal 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 1 Martindale's 29th