Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Fagopyrum esculentum (Polygonaceae)

Common Names
Buckwheat
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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Root *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Tissue Culture *
(+)-EPICATECHIN 0 Tissue Culture *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Root *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Seed 26.0 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Tissue Culture *
(-)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 7 Tissue Culture *
3,4-DIHYDROXY-2-PIPERIDINOMETHANOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
3,4-DIHYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE 0 Testa 61.0 *
ALANINE 3 Seed 6880.0 -0.70 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Seed *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed 459.0 -0.61 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
ARACHIDONIC-ACID 12 Pollen Or Spore *
ARGININE 14 Seed 11910.0 -0.54 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
AROMADENDRIN-3-O-BETA-GALACTOSIDE 0 Seed *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 0.0 -0.34 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
ASH 0 Seed 19000.0 24000.0 -0.72 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 12000.0 -0.94 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Pollen Or Spore *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Seed *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 (View) *
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 6 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Acnegenic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 11 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic 6 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 3 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic 8 (View) *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 12 (View) *