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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Chenopodium quinoa (Chenopodiaceae)

How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
QUINOA-SAPONIN-7 0 Seed 200.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
QUINOA-SAPONIN-8 0 Seed 1600.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
QUINOA-SAPONIN-9 0 Seed 200.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
QUINOASIDE-A 0 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
QUINOSIDE-A 0 Seed 56.6 Jim Duke's personal files.
QUINOSIDE-B 0 Seed 40.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
QUINOSIDE-C 0 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
QUINOSIDE-D 0 Seed 600.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 1 *
Antiallergic 1 *
Antiarrhythmic 1 *
Antiatherosclerotic 1 *
Antibacterial 1 *
Anticarcinomic 1 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.
Anticariogenic 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Anticomplement 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Antiedemic 1 *
Antifertility 1 *
Antigingivitic 1 *
Antihepatotoxic 1 *
AntiHIV 1 *
Antihyperlipidemic 1 *
Antiinflammatory 2 *
Antiischemic 1 *
Antileukemic 1 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.
Antileukotriene 1 *
Antimalarial 1 *
Antinephritic 1 *