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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Manihot esculenta (Euphorbiaceae)

Common Names
Cassava; Tapioca; Yuca
How this plant is used
Food
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
STEARIC-ACID 8 Root 70.0 220.0 -0.36 *
SUCCINATES 0 Root 3430.0 10150.0 -1.41 *
SUGARS 0 Root 3400.0 33730.0 -0.68 *
SULFUR 14 Root 54.0 250.0 -0.73 *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 2.0 10.0 0.35 *
THIAMIN 31 Root 0.3 7.1 0.04 *
THREONINE 4 Root 650.0 2065.0 -0.49 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Root 430.0 1365.0 1.70 *
TYROSINE 8 Root 400.0 1270.0 -1.19 *
VALINE 3 Root 790.0 2510.0 -0.91 *
WATER 0 Leaf 748000.0 810000.0 0.01 *
WATER 0 Root 607000.0 694250.0 -0.49 *
ZINC 77 Root 4.0 19.0 -0.23 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiulcer 8 *
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 *
Antiviral 2 *
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 *
Apoptotic 1 *
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 *
Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Bronchosedative 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 2 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Cancer-Preventive 13 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.