Plant Ipomoea batatas (Convolvulaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Sweet Potato

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ALANINE	3	Root	300.0	3314.0	-0.06	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Root	200.0	736.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Root	not available	8.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Root	520.0	2835.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	210.0	4234.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	201.0	1186.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	12000.0	259000.0	2.47	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Root	7000.0	36064.0	-0.90	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Root	2730.0	10383.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
BATATIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	1.8	345.0	0.36	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	0.1	476.0	2.61	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Root	0.8	20.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	370.0	17900.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	203.0	2300.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE	4	Root	not available	320.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	80000.0	620000.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Root	242800.0	925000.0	1.22	Duke, 1992 *
CAROTENOIDS	0	Root	30.0	350.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *

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