Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Amaranthus sp. (Amaranthaceae)

Common Names
Pigweed
How this plant is used
Food

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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
ALANINE 3 Leaf 1390.0 16722.0 0.96 *
ARGININE 14 Leaf 1210.0 14556.0 -0.32 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 345.0 6263.0 0.14 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Leaf 2290.0 27549.0 0.03 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 0.0 508.0 1.07 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 1559.0 53333.0 2.38 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 40300.0 540000.0 -0.57 *
COPPER 12 Leaf 1.0 19.0 -0.24 *
CYSTINE 2 Leaf 290.0 3489.0 0.48 *
FAT 0 Leaf 2410.0 53000.0 -0.07 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 8830.0 135000.0 -0.33 *
FOLACIN 15 Leaf 1.0 10.0 0.02 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Leaf 2920.0 35128.0 -0.15 *
GLYCINE 12 Leaf 1320.0 15880.0 1.45 *
HISTIDINE 7 Leaf 520.0 6256.0 0.44 *
IRON 6 Leaf 23.0 1527.0 2.95 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Leaf 1190.0 14316.0 0.58 *
LEUCINE 2 Leaf 1950.0 23458.0 1.07 *
LYSINE 4 Leaf 1270.0 15278.0 0.55 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 550.0 6616.0 0.96 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Allelochemic 1 (View) *
Allergenic 2 (View) *
Analgesic 4 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Antiacid 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
AntiADD 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
AntiAGE 1 (View) 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
Antiaggregant 3 (View) *
Antiaging 2 (View) *
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th