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Plant Dioscorea bulbifera (Dioscoreaceae)

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 Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
FAT	0	Tuber	1000.0	12800.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Tuber	9000.0	96400.0	0.56	Duke, 1992 *
GUM	0	Tuber	not available	900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Rhizome	not available	40.0	-0.96	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Tuber	1120.0	3860.0	1.34	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Rhizome	not available	370.0	-1.31	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Rhizome	not available	4.0	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Rhizome	not available	0.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Tuber	290.0	1000.0	-1.11	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS-OXIDE-(P2O5)	0	Tuber	4500.0	7700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Rhizome	not available	3570.0	-1.04	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Tuber	15000.0	133100.0	-0.03	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN	0	Tuber	not available	57000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Rhizome	not available	378.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Tuber	not available	800000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Tuber	not available	710000.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Rhizome	not available	12.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *

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