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Common Names
Sweet Potato
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHLORINE | 7 | Root | not available | 850.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Root | 1.5 | 7.0 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYANIDIN-3-(CAFFEOYLSOPHOROSIDE)-5-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYANIDIN-3-DICAFFEOYLSOPHOROSIDE-5-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYSTINE | 2 | Root | 130.0 | 760.0 | -0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | 2000.0 | 58000.0 | 0.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Root | 1400.0 | 14000.0 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | 12000.0 | 274000.0 | 1.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Root | 8000.0 | 32000.0 | -1.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FOLACIN | 15 | Root | 0.1 | 0.6 | -1.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FURAN-BETA-CARBONIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Root | 1590.0 | 6360.0 | -0.75 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Root | 580.0 | 2725.0 | -0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Root | 300.0 | 1200.0 | -0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IODINE | 12 | Root | not available | 0.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IPOMOEAMARONE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IPOMOEANINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | 10.0 | 365.0 | 0.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Root | 4.0 | 64.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacid | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiacne | 5 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiacrodermatitic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiacrodynic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiADD | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiadenoviral | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antiaflatoxin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiAGE | 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 |
| Antiaggregant | 6 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
| Antiaging | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialcoholic | 4 | Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications. |
| Antialdosteronic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antialkali? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialkalotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiallergic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialopecic | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antialzheimeran | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |