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

Common Names

Wild Yam

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
ALUMINUM	5	Root	not available	210.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	not available	194.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Root	not available	35000.0	-0.93	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	not available	19.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	not available	3060.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Root	not available	897000.0	0.86	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Root	not available	26.0	4.62	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Root	not available	147.0	2.65	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSCIN	6	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSCORIN	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSGENIN	7	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Root	not available	6000.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Root	not available	26000.0	-1.38	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Root	not available	315.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Root	not available	3840.0	1.04	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Root	not available	1630.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Root	not available	64.0	0.22	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Root	not available	1730.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Root	not available	5420.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *

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