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

Common Names
Lambsquarter
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
OXALATE 0 Plant 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 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Leaf 1660.0 10574.0 0.08 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 720.0 36833.0 5.86 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 4160.0 -0.32 *
POLYPODINE-B 0 Root *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 87100.0 2.51 *
PROLINE 0 Leaf 2230.0 14205.0 0.43 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 42000.0 307000.0 0.95 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 132000.0 159000.0 -0.67 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 12.0 76.0 0.18 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 1.0 2.0 -0.58 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Plant *
SERINE 1 Leaf 2000.0 12740.0 0.45 *
SITOSTEROL 0 Plant *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 250.0 -0.60 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Plant *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 1.0 10.0 0.35 *
THIAMIN 31 Seed 1.0 2.0 -1.09 *
THREONINE 4 Leaf 1630.0 10383.0 0.20 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipidemic 1 *
Antihypertensive 7 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiimpotence 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 10 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinsomniac 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic 1 *
Antikeratitic 1 *
Antikeratotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antilepric 2 Martindale's 28th
Antileucodermic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antileukemic 3 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antileukodermic 1 *
Antileukonychic 1 *
Antileukoplakic 1 *