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
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
Antinyctalopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	2	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
Antiophidic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiosteoporotic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant	4	Balanehru, S. and Nagarajan, B. 1992. Intervention of Adriamycin Induced Free Radical Damage. Biochemistry International 28(4): 735-744, 1992.
Antiperiodontic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPGE2	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque	3	Martindale's 29th
Antiplasmodial	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprostaglandin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
AntiRaynaud's	1	Duke, 1992 *