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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Dioscorea pentaphylla (Dioscoreaceae)

Common Names
Mountain Yam
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALANINE 3 Root 550.0 2965.0 -0.23 *
ARGININE 14 Root 1120.0 6035.0 -0.24 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 26.0 140.0 -0.57 *
ASH 0 Root 8200.0 44180.0 -0.67 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Root 1360.0 7330.0 -0.34 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root *
CALCIUM 28 Root 260.0 1400.0 -0.66 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 163100.0 878770.0 0.63 *
CYSTINE 2 Root 160.0 860.0 -0.03 *
FAT 0 Root 1000.0 5390.0 -0.58 *
FIBER 15 Root 4500.0 24245.0 -1.42 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Root 1590.0 8565.0 -0.56 *
GLYCINE 12 Root 460.0 2480.0 -0.23 *
HISTIDINE 7 Root 300.0 1615.0 -0.17 *
IRON 6 Root 4.0 24.0 -0.41 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Root 450.0 2425.0 -0.54 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Root 670.0 3610.0 0.54 *
LEUCINE 2 Root 840.0 4525.0 0.10 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Root 380.0 2050.0 -0.40 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Root 70.0 375.0 -1.00 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Immunostimulant 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Insectifuge 4 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 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
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant 2 Merck 11th Edition
Laxative 3 *
Lipotropic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 *
Lubricant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Myorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Nematicide 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th