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

Plant Amaranthus spinosus (Amaranthaceae)

Common Names
Spiny pigweed

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL 2 Leaf Wealth of India.
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL-OCTACOSANOATE 0 Root Wealth of India.
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL-SAPONIN 0 Root Wealth of India.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 98.0 5030.0 0.02 *
ASH 0 Leaf 26000.0 240000.0 2.13 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 65.0 408.0 0.64 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf Wealth of India.
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 4760.0 53335.0 2.38 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Leaf Wealth of India.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 74000.0 606450.0 -0.04 *
CHOLESTEROL 1 Leaf Wealth of India.
FAT 0 Leaf 3000.0 45000.0 -0.23 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 13000.0 104000.0 -0.71 *
HENTRIACONTANE 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
IRON 6 Leaf 22.0 1965.0 4.06 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 450.0 2760.0 -0.42 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
MUCILAGE 3 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NIACIN 39 Leaf 14.0 86.0 -0.14 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NICOTINIC-ACID 11 Leaf 3.0 19.0 -1.70 Wealth of India.
OLEANOLIC-ACID-SAPONIN 0 Root Wealth of India.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Allelochemic 1 (View) *
Allergenic 2 (View) *
Analgesic 2 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antiacne 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
AntiAGE 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 2 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaging 2 (View) *
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 1 (View) *