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
Antiulcer	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic	5	Merck 11th Edition
Aphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	2	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Ascaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.