Plant Cyrtosperma chamissonis (Araceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Swamp Taro

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
ALUMINUM	5	Root	13.0	63.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	0.0	762.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	16000.0	145545.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Root	5700.0	35925.0	-0.90	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	0.0	0.2	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Root	0.8	4.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	1450.0	10630.0	0.35	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE	4	Root	3990.0	19370.0	0.36	Duke, 1992 *
CITRATES	0	Root	500.0	2425.0	-1.64	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Root	0.9	4.4	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	6000.0	54545.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Root	1000.0	6800.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	14000.0	127265.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Root	23600.0	114563.0	0.59	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Root	4.0	22.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Leaf	348.0	3164.0	0.24	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Root	619.0	3005.0	-0.80	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Root	180.0	1215.0	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
MALATES	0	Root	1060.0	8250.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Root	2.2	12.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	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
Allergenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE	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
Antiaggregant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	4	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.