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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Amaranthus spinosus (Amaranthaceae)

Common Names
Spiny pigweed

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL 2 Leaf Wealth of India.
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL-OCTACOSANOATE 0 Root Wealth of India.
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL-SAPONIN 0 Root Wealth of India.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 98.0 5030.0 0.02 *
ASH 0 Leaf 26000.0 240000.0 2.13 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 65.0 408.0 0.64 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf Wealth of India.
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 4760.0 53335.0 2.38 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Leaf Wealth of India.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 74000.0 606450.0 -0.04 *
CHOLESTEROL 1 Leaf Wealth of India.
FAT 0 Leaf 3000.0 45000.0 -0.23 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 13000.0 104000.0 -0.71 *
HENTRIACONTANE 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
IRON 6 Leaf 22.0 1965.0 4.06 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 450.0 2760.0 -0.42 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
MUCILAGE 3 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NIACIN 39 Leaf 14.0 86.0 -0.14 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NICOTINIC-ACID 11 Leaf 3.0 19.0 -1.70 Wealth of India.
OLEANOLIC-ACID-SAPONIN 0 Root Wealth of India.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 *
Anticanker 2 *
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinomic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic 1 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 1 *
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 *
AntiCFS 1 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticlastogen 1 *
Anticlimacteric 2 *
Anticold 1 *
Anticolitic 1 *
Anticonvulsant 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticoronary 1 *
AntiCrohn's 2 Martindale's 29th