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
Antiarrhythmic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiatherosclerotic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticariogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticataract	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlimacteric	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticolitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticonvulsant	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticoronary	2	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
AntiCrohn's	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.