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.
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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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antioxidant?	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	3	Martindale's 28th
Antiperiodontitic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiphenylketonuric	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiphotophobic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque	2	Martindale's 29th
AntiPMS	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipoliomyelitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolyneuritic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiporphyric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiprolactin	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostaglandin	1	Duke, 1992 *