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Plant Chenopodium album (Chenopodiaceae)

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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidysmenorrheic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 7 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifatigue 6 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflatulent 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *