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
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	not available	115.0	-0.29	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
MYRISTOLEIC-ACID	1	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-TETRADECANE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Seed	20.0	44.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Seed	not available	1.0	-0.72	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
NONAN-1-AL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NORVALINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-2-OL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	6650.0	13200.0	-0.87	Duke, 1992 *
ORIENTIN	4	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.
OXALIC-ACID	9	Leaf	not available	111000.0	2.78	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Testa	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Testa	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	2574.0	3120.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Seed	not available	14.0	-0.29	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
PENTADECANOIC-ACID	1	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECENOIC-ACID	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Seed	not available	5045.0	-0.78	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
Antiphenylketonuric	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiphotophobic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiplaque	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplasmodial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplatelet	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipoliomyelitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).