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
SODIUM	1	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.72	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
STARCH	5	Seed	not available	670000.0	1.46	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STEARIC-ACID	8	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	not available	460.0	-0.56	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
STIGMASTEROL	12	Seed	80.0	92.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID	6	Testa	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TAXIFOLIN-3-O-XYLOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Seed	2.7	9.0	0.58	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Seed	not available	5850.0	-0.51	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
TOCOPHEROL	93	Seed	not available	42.0	-0.40	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
TRIDECAN-1-OIC-ACID	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Seed	not available	2065.0	-0.43	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
TYROSINE	8	Seed	not available	2750.0	-1.16	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
VALINE	3	Seed	not available	8140.0	-0.48	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
VANILLIC-ACID	24	Testa	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VITEXIN	18	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.
VITEXIN	18	Testa	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Seed	110000.0	128000.0	-0.38	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).