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
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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitumor-Promoter	6	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	4	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiulcer	13	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiuricosuric	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antivaccinia	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaricose	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	17	Duke, 1992 *
Antivitiligic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiwrinkle	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic	6	Merck 11th Edition
AP-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aphidifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	2	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Ascaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).