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Plant Ipomoea batatas (Convolvulaceae)

Common Names
Sweet Potato
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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