Plant Asparagus officinalis (Liliaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Asparagus

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
AntiHIV	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocysteine	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihydrocoele	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihydrophobic	1	Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperkeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypoglycemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiielus?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiimplantation	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiimpotence	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiincontinence	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.