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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Cyrtosperma chamissonis (Araceae)

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 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 0.0 762.0 -0.21 *
ASH 0 Leaf 16000.0 145545.0 0.47 *
ASH 0 Root 5700.0 35925.0 -0.90 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 0.0 0.2 -0.44 *
BORON 4 Root 0.8 4.0 -0.74 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 1450.0 10630.0 0.35 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Root 3990.0 19370.0 0.36 *
CITRATES 0 Root 500.0 2425.0 -1.64 *
COPPER 12 Root 0.9 4.4 -0.81 *
FAT 0 Leaf 6000.0 54545.0 -0.04 *
FAT 0 Root 1000.0 6800.0 -0.54 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 14000.0 127265.0 -0.42 *
FIBER 15 Root 23600.0 114563.0 0.59 *
IRON 6 Root 4.0 22.0 -0.41 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 348.0 3164.0 0.24 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Root 619.0 3005.0 -0.80 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 180.0 1215.0 -0.72 *
MALATES 0 Root 1060.0 8250.0 -0.44 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 2.2 12.0 -0.40 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidepressant 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lead) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysgeuzic 1 *
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidyspeptic 1 *
Antidysphagic 1 *
Antieczemic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 *
Antienterotic 1 *