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

Common Names

Lambsquarter

How this plant is used

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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
Bronchosedative	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchiphobe	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Bufocide	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist	4	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	17	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Carcinogenic	2	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Cardiac	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.
Cardioprotective	8	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	2	Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991.
Choleretic	3	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	2	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Paralytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant	1	Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.