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

Common Names

Asparagus

How this plant is used

Food

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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
STEARIC-ACID	8	Shoot	30.0	387.0	-1.41	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Shoot	19.0	200.0	-0.87	Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID	7	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUGAR	0	Shoot	not available	15000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Shoot	56.0	864.0	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Shoot	1.0	26.0	1.19	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMINE	0	Root	2.0	22.0	3.61	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Shoot	850.0	10968.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM	0	Shoot	0.5	180.0	1.57	Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROL	93	Shoot	19.8	256.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Shoot	300.0	3871.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Shoot	480.0	6194.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Shoot	1180.0	15226.0	0.14	Duke, 1992 *
VANADIUM	16	Shoot	0.3	2.0	0.41	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Plant	914000.0	950000.0	0.77	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Root	not available	900000.0	0.86	Duke, 1992 *
ZEAXANTHIN	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Root	0.2	2.3	-0.96	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Shoot	12.0	124.0	-0.50	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).