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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ARSENIC	2	Root	not available	0.3	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-GLYCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	1130.0	52200.0	4.91	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Root	6.0	11.0	-0.08	Duke, 1992 *
ECDYSTERONE	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GABA	22	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INOKOSTERONE	5	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Root	150.0	180.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Root	1440.0	5730.0	1.69	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Root	40.0	66.0	0.24	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PONASTEROSIDE-A	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASIUM-SUCCINATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Root	5000.0	20000.0	0.31	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM-OXALATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM-SUCCINATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Root	133.0	198.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antianginal	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarrhythmic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiatherosclerotic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	2	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinomic	1	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Anticariogenic	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Anticataract	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticerebrotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.