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
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Leaf	5210.0	33188.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Leaf	2490.0	15861.0	1.45	Duke, 1992 *
HCN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Leaf	1160.0	7389.0	1.01	Duke, 1992 *
IMPERATORIN	25	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	12.0	250.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Seed	not available	5.0	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Leaf	2530.0	16116.0	1.04	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Leaf	3500.0	22295.0	0.89	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Seed	3540.0	22550.0	1.42	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	not available	2920.0	-0.01	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	not available	21.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Leaf	490.0	3121.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Plant	not available	0.7	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
N-NONACOSANE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-TRIACONTANOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Leaf	12.0	76.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Seed	not available	35.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
OCTACOSANYL-ACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Plant	not available	not available	not available	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.