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

Common Names

Taro

How this plant is used

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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
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	24000.0	347280.0	1.35	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Root	10000.0	112000.0	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Leaf	3070.0	21410.0	0.25	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Root	830.0	2825.0	-0.94	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	3.0	35.0	-0.01	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Root	0.2	1.6	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPOTOXIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Root	920.0	3135.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Leaf	1510.0	10530.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Root	410.0	1400.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Leaf	20.0	484.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Root	7.0	480.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Leaf	not available	700.0	-0.94	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Root	245000.0	262000.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Plant	not available	200.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Root	60.0	205.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
SUGAR	0	Leaf	not available	9200.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SUGAR	0	Root	10000.0	11000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Leaf	not available	240.0	-1.08	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
Hypercholesterolemic	1	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypertensive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypnotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic	12	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	7	Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	5	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant	1	Martindale's 29th
Inflammatory	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	4	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insulinase-Inhibitor	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic	2	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
Insulinotonic	1	J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).