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Plant Asparagus officinalis (Liliaceae)

Common Names
Asparagus
How this plant is used
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
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 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticataract 10 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antichorea 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antichoreic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticirrhotic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticolitic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticomplementary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 4 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.