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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
ZINC 77 Tuber 16.0 64.0 1.87 Bonness, M. S., Promising new drugs from plants: poisons that heal, Herbarist, #56, 1990, 59-68
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hepatoprotective 4 *
Hepatotoxic 1 *
Hyperglycemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hyperthyroid 1 *
Hypnotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 7 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 5 *
Hypolipidemic 1 *
Hypotensive 8 *
Hypouricemic 1 *
Ileorelaxant 1 *
Immunomodulator 4 *
Immunostimulant 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
Insectifuge 1 Martindale's 28th
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 2 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