Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Chenopodium album (Chenopodiaceae)

Common Names
Lambsquarter
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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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 *
AMMONIA 0 Plant *
ARGININE 14 Plant 2530.0 16116.0 0.75 *
ASCARIDOLE 15 Plant *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant 600.0 9000.0 1.52 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Plant 4310.0 27457.0 0.50 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 71.0 316.0 0.24 *
BETA-ECDYSTERONE 2 Root *
BETAINE 14 Leaf 12200.0 -1.00 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 3090.0 33800.0 1.05 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 3000.0 -0.21 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Plant *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 73000.0 500000.0 -0.89 *
CHENOPODINE 0 Plant *
COPPER 12 Seed 5.0 -0.89 *
CYSTINE 2 Plant 890.0 5669.0 1.76 *
FAT 0 Leaf 8000.0 50960.0 -0.11 *
FAT 0 Seed 55000.0 85000.0 -0.95 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Fruit *
FIBER 15 Leaf 21000.0 217000.0 0.69 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 2 (View) *
Acaricide 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Allelochemic 1 (View) 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 (View) 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 (View) *
Analgesic 8 (View) *
Ancylostomicide 1 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Anthelmintic 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacid 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
AntiADD 1 (View) Martindale's 29th