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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
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
Antipsoriatic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipsychotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antipurpuric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 15 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiRaynaud's 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinopathic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiretinotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 5 Martindale's 29th
Antirheumatitic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antisenility 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 12 Martindale's 28th
Antiserotoninic 1 Duke, 1992 *