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
Cardiovascular	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Inhibitor	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Collagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist	1	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
COX-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Elastase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue	1	Wealth of India.
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Ethanolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Febrifuge	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Gonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.