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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
FAT	0	Root	2400.0	24000.0	0.04	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Shoot	2000.0	41000.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Shoot	7000.0	141000.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE)	0	Root	not available	141000.0	0.88	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY)	0	Root	not available	390000.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN	15	Shoot	1.0	18.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Shoot	5010.0	64645.0	0.98	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Shoot	990.0	12774.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GUAIACOL	18	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUM	0	Root	11000.0	110000.0	0.15	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Shoot	470.0	6065.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
INOSITOL	8	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INULIN	19	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Root	1.2	12.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Shoot	6.0	240.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Shoot	1120.0	14452.0	-0.11	Duke, 1992 *
JAMOGENIN	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Root	not available	not available	not available	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
Antierythemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiestrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant	3	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Antifertility	1	Kumar, P., Dixit*, V.P., and Khanna, P. Antifertility Studies of Kaempferol: Isolation and Identification from Tissue Culture of some Medicinally Important Plant Species. Plantes medicinales et phytotherapie, 23: 193-201, 1989.
Antifibrinolytic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrositic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antifibrotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	1	Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastric	1	Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigastritic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.