Plant Chenopodium album (Chenopodiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Lambsquarter

How this plant is used

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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	Plant	3220.0	20511.0	1.10	Duke, 1992 *
AMMONIA	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Plant	2530.0	16116.0	0.75	Duke, 1992 *
ASCARIDOLE	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Plant	600.0	9000.0	1.52	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Plant	4310.0	27457.0	0.50	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	71.0	316.0	0.24	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ECDYSTERONE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Leaf	not available	12200.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	3090.0	33800.0	1.05	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	not available	3000.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	73000.0	500000.0	-0.89	Duke, 1992 *
CHENOPODINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Seed	not available	5.0	-0.89	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Plant	890.0	5669.0	1.76	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	8000.0	50960.0	-0.11	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	55000.0	85000.0	-0.95	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	21000.0	217000.0	0.69	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
Abortifacient	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	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
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic	2	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Ancylostomicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
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