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Plant Dioscorea sp. (Dioscoreaceae)

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
PROTEIN	0	Root	not available	61000.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Root	not available	0.7	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Root	not available	36.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Root	not available	3.5	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
TIN	4	Root	not available	19.0	0.26	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Root	not available	690000.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Root	not available	56.0	1.39	Duke, 1992 *

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