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
OXALATE	0	Plant	not available	86100.0	1.00	Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
OXALIC-ACID	9	Plant	140000.0	300000.0	2.00	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Leaf	1660.0	10574.0	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	720.0	36833.0	5.86	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	not available	4160.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
POLYPODINE-B	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	not available	87100.0	2.51	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Leaf	2230.0	14205.0	0.43	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	42000.0	307000.0	0.95	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	132000.0	159000.0	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	12.0	76.0	0.18	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	1.0	2.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN	44	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Leaf	2000.0	12740.0	0.45	Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Leaf	not available	250.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Leaf	1.0	10.0	0.35	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Seed	1.0	2.0	-1.09	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Leaf	1630.0	10383.0	0.20	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.