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
CNS-Depressant	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Collagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist	1	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
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emollient	1	Martindale's 29th
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypertensive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypoglycemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	3	Duke, 1992 *