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Asparagus
Asparagus officinalis
Asparagus · (ruoka)parsa · Almindelig Pengeurt · Almindelig asparges · Asparago comune · Asparges · Aspargo · Asperge cultivée
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Egypt, Turkey, Haiti, Iraq, Spain, China, France, Europe
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Ache(Back), Aperient, Aphrodisiac, Asthenia
Science studied: ALANINE, ALPHA-AMINODIMETHYL-GAMMA-BUTYROTHETIN, ARSENIC, ASH
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Liliaceae
Scientific name: Asparagus officinalis
Common names: Asparagus, (ruoka)parsa, Almindelig Pengeurt, Almindelig asparges, Asparago comune, Asparges, Aspargo, Asperge cultivée
History
The source record documents this plant in Egypt, Turkey, Haiti, Iraq, Spain, China, Elsewhere, France and 3 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Ache(Back)
- Aperient
- Aphrodisiac
- Asthenia
- Cardiac
- Debility
- Demulcent
- Deobstruent
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- Depurative
- Diuretic
- Dropsy
- Gout
- Heart
- Hepatitis
- Hydropsy
- Hypertension
- Kidney
- Liver
- Lumbago
- Lung
- Neurasthenia
- Parasiticide
- Sedative
- Stone
- Thigh
- Tumor(Bladder)
- Purgative
- Bladder
- Fattening
- Rheumatism
- Ache(Tooth)
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Egypt
- Turkey
- Haiti
- Iraq
- Spain
- China
- Elsewhere
- France
- Europe
- Dominican Republic
- Venezuela
Documented cultural uses
- Ache(Back)
- Aperient
- Aphrodisiac
- Asthenia
- Cardiac
- Debility
- Demulcent
- Deobstruent
- Depurative
- Diuretic
- Dropsy
- Gout
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- Heart
- Hepatitis
- Hydropsy
- Hypertension
- Kidney
- Liver
- Lumbago
- Lung
- Neurasthenia
- Parasiticide
- Sedative
- Stone
- Thigh
- Tumor(Bladder)
- Purgative
- Bladder
- Fattening
- Rheumatism
- Ache(Tooth)
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Characterizing the Elemental Metabolome in Asparagus officinalis with Multielemental Speciation Analysis. · 2026 source ↗
- AHP-Driven Decision Framework for Integrated Management of Parahypopta caestrum in Asparagus officinalis cultivation. · 2026 source ↗
- Polysaccharides from <i>Asparagus officinalis</i> L.: phytochemistry, health benefits, biomedical, and food industry applications. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ALANINE
- ALPHA-AMINODIMETHYL-GAMMA-BUTYROTHETIN
- ARSENIC
- ASH
- ASPARAGINE
- ASPARAGOSIDES
- ASPARASAPONINS
- CADMIUM
- CALCIUM
- ALPHA-CAROTENE
- CHOLINE
- CHROMIUM
- CONIFERIN
- COPPER
- O-CRESOL
- CYANIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE
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- CYANIDIN-3-MONOGLUCOSIDE
- CYSTINE
- DIOSGENIN
- FIBER
- FRUCTOSE
- GLUCOSE
- GLYCINE
- IRON
- JAMOGENIN
- KAEMPFEROL
- KILOCALORIES
- LEAD
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- LITHIUM
- LUTEIN
- MAGNESIUM
- MANNAN
- METHIONINE
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- OFFICINALISIN-II
- OLEIC-ACID
- PAEONIDIN-3-GLUCOSYLRHAMNOSYLGLUCOSIDE
- PALMITOLEIC-ACID
- PENTOSANS
- PHENOL
- PHILOTHION
- PHOSPHORUS
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- PSEUDOASPARAGOSE
- QUERCETIN
- RHAMNOSE
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SARSAPOGENIN
- SELENIUM
- SFA
- STEARIC-ACID
- SUCCINIC-ACID
- SUCROSE
- SULFUR
- THIAMIN
- TITANIUM
- TRYPTOPHAN
- VALINE
- VANADIUM
- 4-VINYL-GUAIACOL
- WATER
- ZEAXANTHIN
- ZINC
- INULIN
- P-CRESOL
- CYANIDIN-3-RHAMNOSYLGLUCOSYLGLUCOSIDE
- PANTOTHENIC-ACID
- POTASSIUM
- ALUMINUM
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASPARAGUSIC-ACID
- BORON
- CARBOHYDRATES
- M-CRESOL
- CYANIDIN-3-RHAMNOSYLGLUCOSIDE
- FOLACIN
- GUAIACOL
- ISOLEUCINE
- ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID
- MANGANESE
- MOLYBDENUM
- NICKEL
- PAEONIDINRHAMNOSYLGLUCOSIDE
- PHENYLALANINE
- PROLINE
- PUFA
- RUTIN
- 22-SPIROSTAN-3BETA-OL
- SUGAR
- THREONINE
- TYROSINE
- 4-VINYL-PHENOL
- ZIRCONIUM
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- LAURIC-ACID
- ARGININE
- BARIUM
- BETA-CAROTENE
- FAT
- HISTIDINE
- LEUCINE
- LYSINE
- MUFA
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PROTEIN
- SILVER
- STRONTIUM
- TOCOPHEROL
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- MERCURY
- SODIUM
- COBALT
- SERINE
- NIACIN
- INOSITOL
- FIBER(CRUDE)
- FIBER(DIETARY)
- GUM
- SILICON
- THIAMINE
- PHYLLOQUINONE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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