Plant Fagopyrum esculentum (Polygonaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
FAGOPYRUM-PROTEASE-INHIBITOR-BWI-3	0	Seed	not available	6000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAGOPYRUM-TRIPEPTIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	19800.0	24000.0	-1.27	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	42400.0	99000.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOIDS	0	Petiole	12130.0	14635.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOIDS	0	Seed	3715.0	4075.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Seed	not available	23300.0	-0.78	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
GLYCINE	12	Seed	not available	9750.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
HCN	9	Seed	not available	7.0	-0.41	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HEPTADECENOIC-ACID	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECENOIC-ACID	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Seed	not available	2750.0	-0.90	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
HOMOORIENTIN	0	Cotyledon	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
HYPERIN	14	Testa	not available	50.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE	30	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE	30	Testa	not available	50.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IODINE	12	Seed	0.0	0.2	-0.26	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
IRON	6	Seed	30.0	132.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Seed	not available	6080.0	-0.56	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.

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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
Antileishmanic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-B4	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiLyme	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	2	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimanic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastalgic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiMD	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimeasles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic	4	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's	1	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.