Plant Maranta arundinacea (Marantaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Arrowroot; Bermuda Arrowroot

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
STARCH	5	Rhizome	250000.0	695000.0	1.66	Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS	0	Root	21000.0	63000.0	-0.40	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SYRINGIC-ACID	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Root	0.8	4.0	-0.24	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
VANILLIC-ACID	24	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Root	572000.0	674000.0	-0.62	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiichythyotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinfertility	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinsomniac	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 225.
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	1	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimastitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).