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Plant Dioscorea villosa (Dioscoreaceae)

Common Names
Wild Yam
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALUMINUM 5 Root 50.0 210.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Rhizome not available 149.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 110.0 460.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Root 19680.0 82000.0 0.41 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 7.0 29.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root 70.0 700.0 -0.26 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CALCIUM 28 Root 734.0 3060.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Root 20.0 200.0 1.28 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 215280.0 897000.0 0.86 Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.6 2.6 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Root 3.5 14.7 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
DIOSGENIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIOSGENIN 7 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIOSGENIN 7 Tuber not available 23000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Root 1440.0 6000.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Root not available 130000.0 0.55 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Root not available 360000.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Root 7.0 31.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 391.0 1630.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 1.5 6.4 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
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