Plant Ipomoea batatas (Convolvulaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Sweet Potato

How this plant is used

Food

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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
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 *

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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
Urine-Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Varroacide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	10	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).