Plant Manihot esculenta (Euphorbiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cassava, Tapioca, Yuca

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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 Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ALANINE	3	Root	870.0	2765.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Root	10.0	77.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Root	3140.0	9970.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	800.0	10000.0	0.48	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	97.0	1530.0	0.23	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	27000.0	135000.0	0.28	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Root	5000.0	34300.0	-0.95	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Root	1810.0	5750.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	14.0	150.0	0.52	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Root	0.6	7.5	-0.61	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	1450.0	10000.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	190.0	2890.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE	4	Root	170.0	505.0	-0.61	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Root	269200.0	854875.0	0.32	Duke, 1992 *
CITRATES	0	Root	2580.0	11480.0	0.85	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Root	1.0	3.8	-0.88	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Root	650.0	2065.0	2.58	Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID	0	Root	52.0	154.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	2000.0	20000.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Root	1000.0	12.4	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *

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