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Common Names
Asparagus
How this plant is used
Food
| 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 * |
| 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. |