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
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 *

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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
Antifatigue	5	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifibrinolytic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihangover	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antihepatotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	3	Duke, 1992 *