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

Common Names

Taro

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
IRON	6	Leaf	6.0	200.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Root	4.0	200.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Leaf	2600.0	18130.0	1.56	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Root	540.0	1840.0	-0.85	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Leaf	310.0	3280.0	0.42	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Root	920.0	3820.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Leaf	3920.0	27335.0	1.67	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Root	1110.0	3780.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Leaf	2140.0	14925.0	1.14	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Root	580.0	1975.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Leaf	930.0	6485.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Root	250.0	850.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Leaf	2460.0	17155.0	0.98	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Root	670.0	2280.0	-1.34	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Leaf	200.0	3140.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Root	200.0	1350.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Leaf	not available	45.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Root	1.3	7.6	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Leaf	790.0	5510.0	2.01	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Root	200.0	680.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiprostatitic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiprostatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsychotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antipyretic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiretardation	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinopathic	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
Antiretinotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic	5	Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscoliotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiseptic	4	Martindale's 28th
Antishingles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling	2	Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.