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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
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
Antiglossitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosation 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotropic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigout 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 2 Martindale's 28th
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 6 Duke, 1992 *