Plant Solanum tuberosum (Solanaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Potato

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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(25S)-BAROGENIN	Tuber	not available	9.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,4-DIMETHYLNAPTHALENE	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,6-DIMETHYLNAPTHALENE	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
11-HYDROXY-11-METHYL-ETHYL-6,10-DIMETHYL-SPIRO-(4,5)-DEC-6-EN-8-ONE	Tuber	not available	81.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
16-HYDROXY-HEXADECANOIC-ACID	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
18-HYDROXY-OCTADECANOIC-ACID	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
18-HYDROXY-OCTADECENOIC-ACID	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2'-CHLORO-DIAZEPAM	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2'-CHLORO-N-DEMETHYL-DIAZEPAM	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-(1',2'DIHYDROXY-1'-METHYL-ETHYL)-6,10-DIMETHYL-9-HYDROXY-SPIRO-(4,5)-DEC-6-EN-8-ONE	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-(12-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-11-HYDROXY-11-METHYL-ETHYL)-6,10-DIMETHYL-SPIRO-4,5)-DEC-6-EN-8-ONE	Tuber	not available	262.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-ALPHA-ETHOXY-DIHYDRO-PHYTUBERIN	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-BETA-ETHOXY-DIHYDRO-PHYTUBERIN	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PENTYL-FURAN	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
22-HYDROXY-DOCOSANOIC-ACID	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-HYDROXY-TETRACOSANOIC-ACID	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-LOPHENOL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
26-HYDROXY-HEXACOSANOIC-ACID	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
28-HYDROXY-OCTACOSANOIC-ACID	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidifier	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant	3	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Acnegenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Addictive	2	Science News, 145: 294.
Additive	2	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Adrenergic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	13	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic	6	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic	2	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.