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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
KILOCALORIES 0 Shoot 210.0 3130.0 0.40 Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Shoot 10.0 129.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Shoot 1.5 30.0 -1.19 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Shoot 1330.0 17161.0 0.09 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Shoot 910.0 11742.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
LITHIUM 11 Shoot 0.4 0.6 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Shoot 1450.0 18710.0 0.31 Duke, 1992 *
M-CRESOL 8 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 240.0 2400.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Shoot 120.0 7000.0 -0.07 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 0.2 2.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Shoot 2.0 100.0 -0.98 Duke, 1992 *
MANNAN 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY 1 Shoot 0.0 0.0 -1.41 Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Shoot 290.0 3742.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Shoot 0.6 1.8 -0.94 Duke, 1992 *
MUFA 13 Shoot 70.0 903.0 -1.41 Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Shoot 10.0 129.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Root 18.0 181.0 3.79 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 *