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
Nematicide	1	Merck 11th Edition
Neuroexcitant	1	Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter	1	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	1	Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osmoregulator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Ovulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Oxidant	2	Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Pesticide	12	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phytoalexin	2	Duke, 1992 *
Phytohormonal	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Piscicide	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pituitary-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide	1	Duke, 1992 *