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

Common Names

Air Potato; Potato 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
2,4,5,6-TETRAHYDROXYPHENANTHRENE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,4,6,7-TETRAHYDROXY-9,10-DIHYDROPHENANTHRENE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Rhizome	not available	0.4	0.13	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Tuber	9000.0	31000.0	-1.32	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Rhizome	690.0	2379.0	-0.99	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE	4	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Tuber	265000.0	914900.0	1.20	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Rhizome	not available	8.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
D-SORBITOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSBULBIN-A	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSBULBIN-B	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSBULBIN-C	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSBULBIN-D	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSBULBIN-E	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSBULBIN-F	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSBULBIN-G	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSBULBIN-H	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSBULBINOSIDE-D	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSBULBINOSIDE-F	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSGENIN	7	Tuber	not available	4500.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiaggregant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	3	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianemic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.