An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
  1. Home
  2. Ipomoea batatas

Ipomoea batatas (Convolvulaceae)

Common Names
Sweet Potato
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
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 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Root 200.0 736.0 -0.24 *
ALUMINUM 5 Root 8.0 -0.31 *
ARGININE 14 Root 520.0 2835.0 -0.40 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 210.0 4234.0 -0.05 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 201.0 1186.0 0.03 *
ASH 0 Leaf 12000.0 259000.0 2.47 *
ASH 0 Root 7000.0 36064.0 -0.90 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Root 2730.0 10383.0 0.06 *
BATATIC-ACID 0 Root *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 1.8 345.0 0.36 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 0.1 476.0 2.61 *
BORON 4 Root 0.8 20.0 -0.15 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Root *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 370.0 17900.0 -0.04 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 203.0 2300.0 -0.56 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Root 320.0 -0.62 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 80000.0 620000.0 0.06 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 242800.0 925000.0 1.22 *
CAROTENOIDS 0 Root 30.0 350.0 1.00 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
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
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant 3 Merck 11th Edition
Juvabional 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Larvistat 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 5 *
Leptingenic 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
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 2 *
Lipotropic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 5 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 *
Lubricant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
Lymphocytogenic 1 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
Metal-Chelator 2 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.