Ipomea batata

Truong VD, McFeeters RF, Thompson RT, Dean LL and Shofran B. 2007. Phenolic acid content and composition in leaves and roots of common commercial sweetpotato (Ipomea batatas L.) cultivars in the United States. J Food Sci 72(6) C343-C349. 

Common potato, Solanum tuberosum, 596 Sweet potato, Ipomea batatas, 297 Pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo, 108 Pyrethrum flower. Chrysanthemum cinariaefolium, 293... 

Dried sweet potato tuber (Ipomea batatas (L.) Lam.) (n = 83). All values are expressed on an as fed basis unless otherwise noted. 

Inoculation of roots of sweet potato Ipomea batatas) with spore suspension of black rot fungus Ceratocystis fimbriata and other pathogenic fungi or HgCl2. 

Structurally related to terpenoids are the so-called furanoter-penoids. A number of these derivatives can be found, for example, in sweet potatoes Ipomoea batatas, Convolvulaceae). The first phytoalexin isolated from the crop affected by the mould Fusarium so/a i was hepatotoxic ipomeamarone (10-157). Also of toxicological concern are four other related derivatives ipomeanine (10-158), a mixture of enantiomers ofipomean-4-ol (10-159) and ipomean-l-ol (10-160) and a mixture of diastereomers of ipomea-l,4-diol (10-161). The pneumotoxin (a respiratory tract toxicant) ipomean-4-ol is mainly responsible for the toxic effects of sweet potatoes. The use of mechanically damaged and microbially infected sweet potato as feed for cattle represents a significant risk, as in some instances this has led to the death of the livestock due to pulmonary oedema that were incurred. It seems very likely that these... 

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