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Plant Fagopyrum esculentum (Polygonaceae)

Common Names
Buckwheat
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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-EPICATECHIN 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Seed not available 26.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 7 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,4-DIHYDROXY-2-PIPERIDINOMETHANOL 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
3,4-DIHYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE 0 Testa not available 61.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Seed not available 6880.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 459.0 -0.61 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
ARACHIDONIC-ACID 12 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Seed not available 11910.0 -0.54 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
AROMADENDRIN-3-O-BETA-GALACTOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed not available 0.0 -0.34 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
ASH 0 Seed 19000.0 24000.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed not available 12000.0 -0.94 Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Seed 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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Acnegenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 11 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic 6 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 12 Duke, 1992 *