Plant Dioscorea alata (Dioscoreaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Common Names

Greater Yam; Winged Yam

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
PHOSPHORUS	4	Root	48.0	2190.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Root	2240.0	15040.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Root	11000.0	63085.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Root	0.2	1.1	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Root	22.0	335.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Root	159000.0	743000.0	1.79	Duke, 1992 *
SUCINATES	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS	0	Root	5000.0	35980.0	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Root	98.0	990.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Root	0.3	1.4	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Root	650000.0	786000.0	0.11	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Root	2.0	17.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Vulnerary	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).