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Plant Fagopyrum esculentum (Polygonaceae)

Common Names
Buckwheat
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
(+)-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
Antinociceptive 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiophidic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiophthalmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant 40 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant Synergist 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antioxidant? 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiparkinsonian 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 3 Martindale's 28th
Antiperiodontal 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontitic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 12 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antipharyngitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).