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Plant Helianthus tuberosus (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Jerusalem Artichoke
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PHENOLASE 0 Tuber not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHENYLALANINE 7 Tuber not available 2668.0 -0.87 Izadoost, M. & Robinson, T., Synergism & antagonism in the pharmacology of alkaloidal plants, pp 137-58 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds., Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture & Pharmacology, v. 2, 1987, 255pp.
PHOSPHATASE 0 Tuber not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Tuber 660.0 5200.0 1.39 Bonness, M. S., Promising new drugs from plants: poisons that heal, Herbarist, #56, 1990, 59-68
POLYPHENOLASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Tuber 3820.0 39700.0 1.90 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Tuber not available 2573.0 -0.93 Izadoost, M. & Robinson, T., Synergism & antagonism in the pharmacology of alkaloidal plants, pp 137-58 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds., Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture & Pharmacology, v. 2, 1987, 255pp.
PROTEIN 0 Tuber 18000.0 132000.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Tuber 0.5 3.0 -0.42 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SERINE 1 Tuber not available 2954.0 -0.96 Izadoost, M. & Robinson, T., Synergism & antagonism in the pharmacology of alkaloidal plants, pp 137-58 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds., Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture & Pharmacology, v. 2, 1987, 255pp.
SODIUM 1 Tuber 140.0 2400.0 1.77 Bonness, M. S., Promising new drugs from plants: poisons that heal, Herbarist, #56, 1990, 59-68
STARCH 5 Tuber not available 262600.0 -0.86 Izadoost, M. & Robinson, T., Synergism & antagonism in the pharmacology of alkaloidal plants, pp 137-58 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds., Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture & Pharmacology, v. 2, 1987, 255pp.
SUGAR 0 Tuber not available 516500.0 not available Izadoost, M. & Robinson, T., Synergism & antagonism in the pharmacology of alkaloidal plants, pp 137-58 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds., Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture & Pharmacology, v. 2, 1987, 255pp.
SYNANTHRIN 0 Tuber not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
THIAMIN 31 Tuber 2.0 10.0 1.62 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THREONINE 4 Tuber not available 3431.0 -0.65 Izadoost, M. & Robinson, T., Synergism & antagonism in the pharmacology of alkaloidal plants, pp 137-58 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds., Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture & Pharmacology, v. 2, 1987, 255pp.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Tuber not available 1811.0 -0.82 Izadoost, M. & Robinson, T., Synergism & antagonism in the pharmacology of alkaloidal plants, pp 137-58 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds., Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture & Pharmacology, v. 2, 1987, 255pp.
TYROSINE 8 Tuber not available 1715.0 -0.88 Izadoost, M. & Robinson, T., Synergism & antagonism in the pharmacology of alkaloidal plants, pp 137-58 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds., Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture & Pharmacology, v. 2, 1987, 255pp.
VALINE 3 Tuber not available 4098.0 -0.73 Izadoost, M. & Robinson, T., Synergism & antagonism in the pharmacology of alkaloidal plants, pp 137-58 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds., Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture & Pharmacology, v. 2, 1987, 255pp.
WATER 0 Tuber 370000.0 860000.0 0.74 Duke, 1992 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiproliferant 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostaglandin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatitic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsychotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antipyretic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinopathic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 5 Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling 2 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.