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

Common Names

Sweet Potato

How this plant is used

Food

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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	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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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
5-HETE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Acnegenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	5	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic	2	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *