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
NIACIN	39	Leaf	15.0	75.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Root	6.0	44.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Root	1040.0	3300.0	0.43	Duke, 1992 *
OXALATE	0	Root	150.0	1420.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Root	not available	171.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Root	950.0	3015.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Root	600.0	1900.0	-0.89	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	560.0	2800.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Root	310.0	2225.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Root	2380.0	24260.0	0.62	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Root	760.0	2415.0	0.31	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	51000.0	300000.0	0.88	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Root	4000.0	98445.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Root	670.0	2130.0	-1.22	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	3.0	15.0	-0.11	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Root	0.2	3.2	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Root	760.0	2415.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Root	1030.0	3270.0	0.12	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Root	62.0	2655.0	0.72	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Root	280000.0	828400.0	2.14	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.