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Plant Fagopyrum esculentum (Polygonaceae)

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Common name(s)
Buckwheat
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
30 (+)-CATECHIN Tissue Culture -- -- -- *
30 (+)-CATECHIN Root -- -- -- *
0 (+)-EPICATECHIN Tissue Culture -- -- -- *
38 (-)-EPICATECHIN Seed -- 26.0 -- *
38 (-)-EPICATECHIN Root -- -- -- *
38 (-)-EPICATECHIN Tissue Culture -- -- -- *
7 (-)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE Tissue Culture -- -- -- *
0 3,4-DIHYDROXY-2-PIPERIDINOMETHANOL Plant -- -- -- J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
0 3,4-DIHYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE Testa -- 61.0 -- *
3 ALANINE Seed -- 6880.0 -0.70 *
10 ALPHA-AMYRIN Seed -- -- -- *
0 ARACHIDIC-ACID Seed -- 459.0 -0.61 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
12 ARACHIDONIC-ACID Pollen Or Spore -- -- -- *
14 ARGININE Seed -- 11910.0 -0.54 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
0 AROMADENDRIN-3-O-BETA-GALACTOSIDE Seed -- -- -- *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Seed -- 0.0 -0.34 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
0 ASH Seed 19000.0 24000.0 -0.72 *
3 ASPARTIC-ACID Seed -- 12000.0 -0.94 *
1 BEHENIC-ACID Pollen Or Spore -- -- -- *
9 BETA-AMYRIN Seed -- -- -- *
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.