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Plant Chenopodium album (Chenopodiaceae)

Common Names
Lambsquarter
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antimorphinic 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiMS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 7 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimycotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antimyoatrophic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimyocarditic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineoplastic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosaminic 1 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.