Common Names
Wild Yam
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Chemical Name | 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 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Vasodilator | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
VEGF-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Vulnerary | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |