Plant Amaranthus sp. (Amaranthaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Pigweed

How this plant is used

Food

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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
ALANINE	3	Leaf	1390.0	16722.0	0.96	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Leaf	1210.0	14556.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	345.0	6263.0	0.14	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Leaf	2290.0	27549.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	0.0	508.0	1.07	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	1559.0	53333.0	2.38	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	40300.0	540000.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Leaf	1.0	19.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Leaf	290.0	3489.0	0.48	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	2410.0	53000.0	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	8830.0	135000.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN	15	Leaf	1.0	10.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Leaf	2920.0	35128.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Leaf	1320.0	15880.0	1.45	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Leaf	520.0	6256.0	0.44	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	23.0	1527.0	2.95	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Leaf	1190.0	14316.0	0.58	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Leaf	1950.0	23458.0	1.07	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Leaf	1270.0	15278.0	0.55	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Leaf	550.0	6616.0	0.96	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Detoxicant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	1	Martindale's 29th
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Essential	8	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic?	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor	2	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Gastroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hematopoietic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hemostat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatomagenic	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypertensive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypnotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.