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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Solanum tuberosum (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Potato
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
(25S)-BAROGENIN 0 Tuber 9.5 *
1,4-DIMETHYLNAPTHALENE 0 Plant *
1,6-DIMETHYLNAPTHALENE 0 Plant *
11-HYDROXY-11-METHYL-ETHYL-6,10-DIMETHYL-SPIRO-(4,5)-DEC-6-EN-8-ONE 0 Tuber 81.0 *
16-HYDROXY-HEXADECANOIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
18-HYDROXY-OCTADECANOIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
18-HYDROXY-OCTADECENOIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
2'-CHLORO-DIAZEPAM 0 Tuber *
2'-CHLORO-N-DEMETHYL-DIAZEPAM 0 Tuber *
2-(1',2'DIHYDROXY-1'-METHYL-ETHYL)-6,10-DIMETHYL-9-HYDROXY-SPIRO-(4,5)-DEC-6-EN-8-ONE 0 Tuber *
2-(12-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-11-HYDROXY-11-METHYL-ETHYL)-6,10-DIMETHYL-SPIRO-4,5)-DEC-6-EN-8-ONE 0 Tuber 262.0 *
2-ALPHA-ETHOXY-DIHYDRO-PHYTUBERIN 0 Tuber *
2-BETA-ETHOXY-DIHYDRO-PHYTUBERIN 0 Tuber *
2-PENTYL-FURAN 0 Plant *
22-HYDROXY-DOCOSANOIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
24-HYDROXY-TETRACOSANOIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL 0 Fruit *
24-METHYLENE-LOPHENOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
26-HYDROXY-HEXACOSANOIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
28-HYDROXY-OCTACOSANOIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiacne 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 *
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadenovirus 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiadhesive 1 *
Antiadrenalinic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiadrenergic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin 3 *
AntiAGE 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
Antiaggregant 11 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 5 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 8 Martindale's 29th
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergenic 2 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.