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
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	1640.0	1880.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Seed	4.0	8.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	241.0	1140.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Seed	200.0	230.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	650000.0	817700.0	1.17	Duke, 1992 *
CARNAUBIC-ACID	0	Seed	990.0	1200.0	1.00	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CHLORINE	7	Seed	not available	138.0	-0.46	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Plant	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.
CITRIC-ACID	23	Leaf	not available	8200.0	-0.21	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CYANIDIN	7	Plant	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.
CYSTINE	2	Seed	not available	2752.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
DOCOSENOIC-ACID	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DODECADIENOIC-ACID	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DODECATRIENOIC-ACID	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ERIODICTYOL-5-O-METHYL-ETHER-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1,4)-O-BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	670.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAGOPYRIN	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAGOPYRIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAGOPYRUM-PROTEASE-INHIBITOR-BWI-1	0	Seed	not available	25000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAGOPYRUM-PROTEASE-INHIBITOR-BWI-2	0	Seed	not available	26000.0	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).