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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MUCILAGE | 3 | Root | 36000.0 | 150000.0 | 0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
NIACIN | 39 | Root | 2.4 | 10.0 | -1.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Root | 415.0 | 1730.0 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Root | 100.0 | 1000.0 | 0.24 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
POTASSIUM | 14 | Root | 1301.0 | 5420.0 | -0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
PROTEIN | 0 | Root | 14640.0 | 61000.0 | -0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Root | 0.1 | 0.6 | -0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
SAPOGENINS | 0 | Tuber | not available | 13000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
SELENIUM | 60 | Root | 0.2 | 0.8 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
SILICON | 4 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
SODIUM | 1 | Root | 425.0 | 1770.0 | 0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
STARCH | 5 | Root | 48000.0 | 200000.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Root | 10.0 | 100.0 | -0.24 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
THIAMINE | 0 | Root | 0.3 | 1.1 | -0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
TIN | 4 | Root | 4.6 | 19.0 | 0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
WATER | 0 | Root | not available | 760000.0 | -0.06 | Duke, 1992 * |
ZINC | 77 | Root | 1.3 | 5.6 | -0.81 | Duke, 1992 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
---|---|---|
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). |