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

Common Names

Lambsquarter

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	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
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antitumor	6	Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Breast)	2	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Kidney)	1	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Liver)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	1	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Prostate)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	4	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.