botanical record · discovered
Potato
Solanum tuberosum
Potato · Aardappel · Chinpalu · Erdapfel · Irish Potato · Irish potato · Kartoffel · Kartoffel (DE); Papa (ES); Potato (EN) · Morelle tubéreuse, Pomme de terre · Papa · Papa leona · Papa pulos · Papa uvilla
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Turkey, Spain, Mexico, China, Japan*, Europe, Haiti, Germany
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Alterative, Burn, Calmative, Cystitis
Science studied: ACETONE, ACETYL-CHOLINE, ACONITIC-ACID, ACROLEIN
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Solanaceae
Scientific name: Solanum tuberosum
Common names: Potato, Aardappel, Chinpalu, Erdapfel, Irish Potato, Irish potato, Kartoffel, Kartoffel (DE); Papa (ES); Potato (EN), Morelle tubéreuse, Pomme de terre, Papa, Papa leona, Papa pulos, Papa uvilla
History
The source record documents this plant in Turkey, Elsewhere, Spain, Mexico, China, Japan*, Europe, Haiti and 6 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Alterative
- Burn
- Calmative
- Cystitis
- Emetic
- Excipient
- Intoxicant
- Lithiasis
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- Prostatitis
- Tumor
- Wart
- Corn
- Fistula
- Poison
- Shampoo
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Turkey
- Elsewhere
- Spain
- Mexico
- China
- Japan*
- Europe
- Haiti
- Germany
- US(Rappahannock)
- UK
- US(PA)
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- Peru
- Canada
Documented cultural uses
- Alterative
- Burn
- Calmative
- Cystitis
- Emetic
- Excipient
- Intoxicant
- Lithiasis
- Prostatitis
- Tumor
- Wart
- Corn
show 3 more documented entries
- Fistula
- Poison
- Shampoo
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ACETONE
- ACETYL-CHOLINE
- ACONITIC-ACID
- ACROLEIN
- ADENINE
- ALANINE
- ALLOCYANIDOL
- ALUMINUM
- GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID
- N-AMYL-ALCOHOL
- ALPHA-AMYLASE
- ANHYDROGALACTURONIC-ACID
- BETA-ANHYDROROTUNDOL
- ARABINOSE
- ARABINOSYL-GLUCOSE
- ARSENIC
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- ASPARTIC-ACID
- BARIUM
- BENZOTHIAZOL
- BROMINE
- CADAVERINE
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CALCIUM
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CAROTENOIDS
- CELLULOSE
- 2'-CHLORO-N-DEMETHYL-DIAZEPAM
- 2'-CHLORO-DIAZEPAM
- CHOLESTEROL
- CHOLINE
- CITRIC-ACID
- CITROSTADIENOL
- COPPER
- P-COUMAROYL-GLUCOSE
- CRYPTOXANTHIN
- CUSCOHYGRINE
- CYANOSIDE
- CYCLOLAUDENOL
- CYANIN
- CYNAROSIDE
- CYSTINE
- DELPHININ
- N-DEMETHYL-DIAZEPAM
- 3,5-DICAFFEOYL-QUINIC-ACID
- 9-DIHYDRO-OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID
- DIHYDROXY-HEXADECANOIC-ACID
- 1,6-DIMETHYLNAPTHALENE
- DIMETHYL-SULFIDE
- 6,10-DIMETHYL-SPIRO-(4,5)-DEC-6-EN-2,8-DIONE
- EICOSANOIC-ACID
- EICOSAN-1-OL
- EICOSYL-FERULATE
- EO
- EPILUBIMIN
- 2-ALPHA-ETHOXY-DIHYDRO-PHYTUBERIN
- 2-BETA-ETHOXY-DIHYDRO-PHYTUBERIN
- FERULIC-ACID
- TRANS-N-FEROLOYL-PUTRESCINE
- FUCOSE
- GALACTINOL
- GALACTOSE
- GIBBERELLINS
- GLUCOSE
- GLUCOSYL-MYOINOSITOL
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- GLUTAMINE
- HEMICELLULOSE
- HEPTADECAN-1-OL
- N-HEPTANOL
- HEXACOSANOIC-ACID
- HEXADECANEDIOIC-ACID
- HEXADECANOIC-ACID
- N-HEXANAL
- HISTIDINE
- HYDROXYMALONIC-ACID
- 9-HYDROXYNONANOIC-ACID
- 28-HYDROXY-OCTACOSANOIC-ACID
- 18-HYDROXY-OCTADECENOIC-ACID
- 24-HYDROXY-TETRACOSANOIC-ACID
- HYPOXANTHINE
- IRON
- ISOFRAXIDIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- ISOLEUCINE
- ISOQUERCITRIN
- ISOVALERALDEHYDE
- KAEMPFEROL
- KAEMPFEROL-3-DIGLUCOSIDE-7-RHAMNOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-SOPHOROSIDE-RHAMNOSIDE
- KILOCALORIES
- ALPHA-KETO-GLUTARIC-ACID
- LECITHINASE
- LEUCINE
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- LITHIUM
- LUBIMINOL
- LYCOPHENOL
- LYSINE
- MALTOTRIOSE
- MANGANESE
- MANNOSE
- MELIBIOSE
- METHANETHIOL
- METHIONINE
- METHIONINE-SULFOXIDE
- 24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL
- 24-METHYLENE-LOPHENOL
- METHYL-ISOPROPYLKETONE
- MOLYBDENUM
- MONOHYDROXY-PENTADECANEDIOIC-ACID
- MUCILAGE
- MUFA
- MYRICETIN
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- CIS-NEOXANTHIN
- NICKEL
- NONADECAN-1-OL
- NONANEDIOIC-ACID
- OCTADECANOIC-ACID
- OCTACOSANOIC-ACID
- OCTACOSAN-1-OL
- OCTADECYL-FERULATE
- OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID
- OCTEN-1-OL
- OXYGLUTINOSONE
- OXYLUBIMIN
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PANTOTHENIC-ACID
- PECTIN
- N-PENTANAL
- 2-PENTYL-FURAN
- PETANIN
- PHELLOGENIC-ACID
- PHENOL-OXIDASE
- PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE
- PHOSPHOLIPASE
- PHOSPHORYLASE
- PHOSPHORUS
- PHYTIN
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- POLYPHENOL-OXIDASE
- POTASSIUM
- PROTEIN
- PUFA
- QUERCITIN-3-GLUCOSYL-RHAMNOSIDE
- QUERCITIN-3-RUTINOSIDE
- RAFFINOSE
- RIBOFLAVIN
- RIBOSYL-GLUCOSE
- RISBITIN
- SFA
- SINAPIC-ACID
- SODIUM
- ALPHA-SOLAMARINE
- SOLANESOL
- SOLANINE
- SOLANINES
- SOLAVETIVONE
- STACHYOSE
- STARCH
- STIGMASTEROL
- STRONTIUM
- SULFUR
- TANNIN
- TETRACOSANOIC-ACID
- TETRADECANOIC-ACID
- THIAMIN
- TITANIUM
- TOLATID-5-EN-3BETA-OL
- TRIACONTANOIC-ACID
- TRIGALACTOSYL-GLYCEROL
- 9,10,18-TRIHYDROXY-OCTADECANOIC-ACID
- TRITRIACONTANONE
- TUBEROSIN
- TYROSINASE
- VALINE
- CIS-VIOLAXANTHIN
- WATER
- XYLOSYL-GLUCOSE
- YAMOGENIN
- ZIRCONIUM
- CARBOHYDRATE
- CHROMIUM
- PHYTUBERIN
- ASH
- BORON
- CADMIUM
- CAPRIC-ACID
- DELPHINIDIN-3-RUTINOSIDE
- 3,4-DICAFFEOYL-QUINIC-ACID
- 4-ALPHA,14-ALPHA-DIMETHYLCHOLESTA-8,24-DIEN-3-BETA-OL
- GLYOXALIC-ACID
- HEPTADECENEDOIC-ACID
- HEXACOSAN-1-OL
- HEXADECAN-1-OL
- HYDROGEN-SULFIDE
- 26-HYDROXY-HEXACOSANOIC-ACID
- LAURIC-ACID
- LIGNOCERYL-FERULATE
- LUTEOLIN
- MAGNESIUM
- NITROGEN
- TRANS-NONEN-2-OL
- OCTADECENDIOIC-ACID
- OCTACOSYL-FERULATE
- OCTADECAN-1-OL
- TRANS-OCTEN-2-OL
- PYRIDINE
- RHAMNOSE
- RIBOFURANOSYL-TRANS-ZEATIN
- RISHITINONE
- SELENIUM
- TARTARIC-ACID
- TETRACOSAN-1-OL
- 9,10,18-TRIHYDROXY-OCTADECENOIC-ACID
- ACETALDEHYDE
- ACETYL-DEHYDRO-RISHITINOL
- ALLANTOIN
- ALPHA-AMINO-BUTYRIC-ACID
- BETA-AMYLASE
- CIS-ANTHERAXANTHIN-5,6-MONOEPOXIDE
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- BEHENYL-FERULATE
- N-BUTYRALDEHYDE
- CAMPESTEROL
- BETA-CAROTENE-5,6-MONOEPOXIDE
- CHLORINE
- COBALT
- CROTONALDEHYDE
- CRYPTOXANTHIN-5,6-DIEPOXIDE
- CYCLODEHYDROISOLUBIMIN
- 1,4-DIMETHYLNAPTHALENE
- DOCOSAN-1-OL
- ETHANETHIOL
- FAT
- FIBER
- FRUCTOSE
- FURFUROL
- GERANIOL
- GLUTATHIONE
- HEPTADECANOIC-ACID
- HEXACOSYL-FERULATE
- HEXADECYL-FERULATE
- 22-HYDROXY-DOCOSANOIC-ACID
- 16-HYDROXY-HEXADECANOIC-ACID
- 18-HYDROXY-OCTADECANOIC-ACID
- INVERTASE
- ISOBUTYRALDEHYDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-TRIGLUCOSIDE-7-RHAMNOSIDE
- LACTIC-ACID
- LEPTINE
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- LUTEIN
- MALIC-ACID
- MANNINOTRIOSE
- 6-(3-METHYL-2-BUTANYL-AMINO)PURINE-9-BETA-D-RIBOFURANOSIDE
- MONOHYDROXY-HEXADECANDIOIC-ACID
- MYO-INOSITOL
- NEGRETINE
- NIACIN
- NONACOSANOIC-ACID
- NORADRENALIN
- OCTADECENOIC-ACID
- N-OCTANAL
- TRANS-OCTEN-2-AL
- OXYEPILUBIMIN
- PAEONANIN
- PALMITOLEIC-ACID
- PENTADECANOIC-ACID
- PETUNIDIN-3-RUTINOSIDE
- PHENYLALANINE
- PHYTIC-ACID
- PLANTEOSE
- PROLINE
- QUERCETIN
- QUINIC-ACID
- RIBOFURANOSYL-CIS-ZEATIN
- RUBIDIUM
- SILICON
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- BETA-SOLAMARINE
- SOLANIDINE-T
- SOLANOLONE
- STEARIC-ACID
- SUCCINIC-ACID
- TETRACOSANEDIOIC-ACID
- THREONINE
- TRIGONELLINE
- TRYPTOPHAN
- TYRAMINE
- TRANS-ZEATIN
- BEHENIC-ACID
- CATECHOLASE
- QUERCITIN-3-GLUCOSIDE
- SILVER
- TRIACONTAN-1-OL
- IODINE
- ARGININE
- GLYCINE
- LEAD
- OLEIC-ACID
- SERINE
- TYROSINE
- ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL
- MERCURY
- AMINO-ACIDS
- (25S)-BAROGENIN
- 3,5-DI-O-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID
- CAPROIC-ACID
- ALPHA-CAROTENE
- CHACONINE
- ALPHA-CHACONINE
- BETA-2-CHACONINE
- BETA-CHACONINE
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID-B
- NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- 5-ALPHA-CHOLESTANE
- BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN
- CYCLOARTENOL
- CRYPTOCHLOROGENIC-ACID
- DEMISSIDINE
- DEMISSINE
- DIAZEPAM
- 3-HYDROXY-2'CHLORO-N-DEMETHYL-DIAZEPAM
- ELEUTHEROSIDE-B-1
- NOREPINEPHRINE
- FUMARIC-ACID
- GALLIC-ACID
- GLUCINOL
- ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASE
- LORMETAZEPAM
- ISOLUBIMIN
- NICOTINIC-ACID
- PATATIN
- DEACETYL-PHYTUBERIN
- POTATO-LECTIN-STA
- RISHITIN
- RUTIN
- SCOPOLETIN
- SOLAMINE
- SOLANIDINE
- ALPHA-SOLANINE
- SOLANTHRENE
- SOLANUM-TUBEROSUM-LECTIN
- SOLASODIENE
- SOLASODINE
- 2-(1',2'DIHYDROXY-1'-METHYL-ETHYL)-6,10-DIMETHYL-9-HYDROXY-SPIRO-(4,5)-DEC-6-EN-8-ONE
- 6-10-DIMETHYL-SPIRO-(4-5)-DEC-6-ENE-2-8-DIONE
- SPIROVETIVA-1(10),11,DIEN-2-ONE
- SPIROVETIVA-1(10),3,11,TRIEN-2-ONE
- SUBERIN
- TOMATIDINE
- TOMATINE
- ADP-GLUCOSE-STARCH-GLUCOSYL-TRANSFERASE
- 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE
- TUBERONIC-ACID-5'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- TUBEROSIDE-C
- TUBEROSIDE-D
- UMBELLIFERONE
- VITAMIN-B-2
- ZEAXANTHIN
- JASMONIC-ACID
- PHYLLOQUINONE
- FLUROINE
- GAMMA-CHACONINE
- ISODITYROSINE
- LECTIN
- LUBIMIN
- MEVALONIC-ACID
- NICOTINE
- O-ALPHA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1-(4-O-ALPHA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1-(4-O-ALPHA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-1)(16)-4)-D-GLUCOPYRANOSE
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- POTATO-LECTIN
- PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID
- RISHITINOL
- SCOPOLIN
- TUBERONONE
- TUBEROSIDE-F
- VITAMIN-B-1
- DI-GALACTOSYL-GLYCEROL
- FOLIC-ACID
- OXALIC-ACID
- ZINC
- 11-HYDROXY-11-METHYL-ETHYL-6,10-DIMETHYL-SPIRO-(4,5)-DEC-6-EN-8-ONE
- 2-(12-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-11-HYDROXY-11-METHYL-ETHYL)-6,10-DIMETHYL-SPIRO-4,5)-DEC-6-EN-8-ONE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-0-SOPHOROSIDE
- P-METHOXYCINNAMALDEHYDE
- PHYTATE
- PLASTOCYANIN
- PROPANE-1-THIOL
- PROPANE-2-THIOL
- SALICYLATES
- SESQUITERPENES
- TRYPTAMINE
- VITAMIN-B-6
- 6-(3-METHYL-2-BUTENYL-AMINO)PURINE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
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Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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