Plant Xanthosoma sagittifolium (Araceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Malanga; Tannia; Yautia

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	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ALUMINUM	5	Root	5.3	16.6	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	13000.0	129000.0	0.18	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Root	6000.0	146000.0	2.24	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	33.0	327.0	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	0.0	0.6	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Root	0.9	6.5	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	950.0	17800.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	59.0	4000.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE	4	Root	230.0	720.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	53000.0	553000.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Root	17000.0	976000.0	1.87	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Root	1.9	14.0	0.25	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	16600.0	103100.0	0.93	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Root	1000.0	9000.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	21000.0	208000.0	0.57	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Root	6000.0	28000.0	-1.33	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	20.0	365.0	0.00	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Root	3.0	27.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Leaf	34.0	3370.0	0.57	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
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	3	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	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	4	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic	3	Martindale's 29th