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
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
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.