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
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
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	3	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticoronary	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	2	Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCVI	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic	3	Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant	7	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic	7	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidiabetic?	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidote (Acetaminophen)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum)	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium)	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.