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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALANINE 3 Root 870.0 2765.0 -0.33 *
ALUMINUM 5 Root 10.0 77.0 -0.27 *
ARGININE 14 Root 3140.0 9970.0 -0.04 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 800.0 10000.0 0.48 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 97.0 1530.0 0.23 *
ASH 0 Leaf 27000.0 135000.0 0.28 *
ASH 0 Root 5000.0 34300.0 -0.95 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Root 1810.0 5750.0 -0.55 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 14.0 150.0 0.52 *
BORON 4 Root 0.6 7.5 -0.61 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 1450.0 10000.0 -0.58 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 190.0 2890.0 -0.49 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Root 170.0 505.0 -0.61 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 269200.0 854875.0 0.32 *
CITRATES 0 Root 2580.0 11480.0 0.85 *
COPPER 12 Root 1.0 3.8 -0.88 *
CYSTINE 2 Root 650.0 2065.0 2.58 *
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID 0 Root 52.0 154.0 -1.00 *
FAT 0 Leaf 2000.0 20000.0 -0.73 *
FAT 0 Root 1000.0 12.4 -0.76 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypertensive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypnotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 10 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 4 *
Hypolipidemic 1 *
Hypotensive 7 *
Hypouricemic 1 *
Immunomodulator 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
Inflammatory 1 *
Insecticide 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectifuge 4 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *