Plant Colocasia esculenta (Araceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Taro

How this plant is used

Food

Select a Results View:

Download these results as:

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
MUCILAGE	3	Root	40000.0	10700.0	-1.23	Duke, 1992 *
MUFA	13	Leaf	600.0	4185.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
MUFA	13	Root	160.0	454.0	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Leaf	8.0	105.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Root	4.0	40.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Leaf	600.0	4185.0	-0.08	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Root	160.0	545.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
OXALATE	0	Leaf	not available	4260.0	-1.07	Duke, 1992 *
OXALATE	0	Root	not available	650.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Root	not available	1334.0	0.19	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Leaf	1310.0	9135.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Root	350.0	1190.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Leaf	1950.0	13600.0	0.86	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Root	820.0	2795.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	490.0	5800.0	0.15	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Root	460.0	5204.0	0.30	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Root	190.0	650.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	4370.0	51774.0	0.95	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Root	3230.0	21760.0	0.44	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Root	600.0	2045.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *

Download these results as:

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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	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
Allergenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacid	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacne	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD	1	Martindale's 29th