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Common Names
Buckwheat
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE | 2 | Seed | 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. |
| PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE | 0 | Seed | 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. |
| PHOSPHATIDYL-SERINE | 0 | Seed | 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. |
| PHOSPHOLIPIDS | 0 | Seed | not available | 34000.0 | 1.96 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Seed | 2820.0 | 3200.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTIC-ACID | 9 | Plant | not available | 10800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTIN | 0 | Seed | 12000.0 | 24000.0 | -0.07 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Seed | 1980.0 | 2270.0 | -0.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Seed | 3715.0 | 4480.0 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROANTHOCYANIDINS | 34 | Testa | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROCYANIDIN-B-2 | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROCYANIDIN-B-2 | 1 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROCYANIDIN-B-2-3'-O-GALLATE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROCYANIDIN-B-2-3'-O-GALLATE | 3 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROCYANIDIN-B1-O-GALLATE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Seed | not available | 5965.0 | -1.06 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| PROTEASE-INHIBITOR-BWI-1 | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 103000.0 | 129000.0 | -0.93 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID | 43 | Testa | not available | 134.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | 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 * |