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.
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
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
Antiepileptic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue	5	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifibromyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
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.
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	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatotoxic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	2	Duke, 1992 *