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

Common Names

Asparagus

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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Triglycerigenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tumor-Promoter	1	J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Tumorigenic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uricogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Urine-Acidifier	1	Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterotrophic	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Vasodilator	13	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	1	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).