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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
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 *
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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 *