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Plant Amaranthus sp. (Amaranthaceae)

Common Names
Pigweed
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
METHIONINE 15 Leaf 360.0 4331.0 1.03 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Leaf 6.0 118.0 0.25 Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Leaf 1330.0 16000.0 1.48 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 487.0 10082.0 0.94 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 2630.0 73503.0 1.91 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Leaf 1210.0 14556.0 0.48 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 22850.0 342000.0 1.30 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 1.0 26.0 -0.06 Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Leaf 1110.0 13353.0 0.59 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 110.0 2406.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 1.0 7.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Leaf 990.0 11910.0 0.71 Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Leaf 310.0 3729.0 0.74 Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Leaf 800.0 9624.0 0.45 Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Leaf 1370.0 16481.0 1.06 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Leaf not available 916000.0 0.54 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Leaf 9.0 108.0 0.14 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
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiAGE 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
Antiaggregant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th