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

Common Names

Cassava; Tapioca; Yuca

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
FIBER	15	Root	21000.0	88600.0	0.01	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Root	4700.0	14925.0	-0.03	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Root	640.0	2030.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
HCN	9	Leaf	180.0	1800.0	0.05	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Root	450.0	1430.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	28.0	1500.0	2.88	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Root	2.0	114.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Root	610.0	1935.0	-0.80	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Leaf	498.0	3957.0	1.51	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Root	1200.0	3810.0	0.98	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Root	10.0	32.0	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Root	900.0	2860.0	-0.87	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Root	440.0	1400.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Root	230.0	730.0	-0.85	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Root	1000.0	3175.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Root	290.0	2100.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
MALATES	0	Root	2060.0	6095.0	-0.78	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Root	0.5	2.5	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Root	260.0	825.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
MUFA	13	Root	1040.0	3300.0	0.40	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
Antiulcer	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivaginitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic	5	Merck 11th Edition
Aphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchosedative	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist	2	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	13	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.