Plant Achyranthes bidentata (Amaranthaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Chaff Flower

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
STIGMASTEROL-GLYCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Root	16.0	51.0	1.17	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Abortifacient	3	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anabolic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Analeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	2	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiaggregant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	3	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiandrogenic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic	3	Martindale's 29th