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
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Root	580.0	3019.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Leaf	420.0	3500.0	0.78	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Root	990.0	3920.0	1.22	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Root	890.0	4455.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Root	1110.0	4087.0	0.36	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Root	810.0	3280.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Leaf	not available	620.0	-1.35	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Root	95.0	710.0	-0.99	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Root	1.0	15.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Root	230.0	1510.0	0.75	Duke, 1992 *
MUFA	13	Root	110.0	405.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Leaf	7.0	68.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Root	6.0	26.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Root	110.0	405.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
OXALATE	0	Leaf	not available	3700.0	-1.10	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Root	not available	1000.0	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *
PAEONIDIN-3-(CAFFEOYLSOPHOROSIDE)-5-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	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
Anticholinergic	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antichorea	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antichoreic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlaudificant?	1	Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	3	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticoronary	5	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	3	Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	2	Martindale's 29th
Antidecubitic	4	Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant	9	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant?	1	Duke, 1992 *