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
ALANINE	3	Root	730.0	2485.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Leaf	not available	18.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Root	not available	3.9	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
AMYLOPECTIN	0	Root	176400.0	188640.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMYLOSE	0	Root	68600.0	73360.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Root	3200.0	8560.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Leaf	2200.0	15340.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Root	1030.0	3510.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	69.0	3625.0	-0.11	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	0.0	325.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	13000.0	155000.0	0.64	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Root	8000.0	63000.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Root	1920.0	6540.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	18.0	298.0	0.16	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	0.0	0.8	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Leaf	not available	3.6	-1.57	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Root	0.9	7.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	260.0	17400.0	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	130.0	3780.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE	4	Leaf	not available	4000.0	not available	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
NO-Genic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oxidant	2	Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Parasiticide	1	Martindale's 29th
Percutaneostimulant	2	Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery	3	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide	8	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Pituitary-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Poultice	1	Martindale's 29th
Prolactinogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prooxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Renotoxic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Roborant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Scabicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Serotoninergic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Soap	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.