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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
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
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).