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 |
---|---|---|
Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Sweetener | 1 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
Teratologic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Thymoprotective | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Thyrotropic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Tranquilizer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Tremorigenic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Trichomonicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Tumor-Promoter | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
Tumorigenic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
Ubiquiot | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Uricosuric | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Urine-Acidifier | 1 | Martindale's 28th |