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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.
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
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
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.