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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| FLavor | 6 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Goitrogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hematopoietic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemostat | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemostatic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 7 | Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 210. |
| Hepatotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Histamine-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 1 | Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990. |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 1 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Hypertensive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |