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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
ISOORIENTIN 4 Testa not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOVITEXIN 4 Testa not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 3350.0 3897.0 -0.75 Duke, 1992 *
L-SACCHAROPINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
LAURIC-ACID 7 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Seed not available 8140.0 -0.86 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 3960.0 6078.0 -0.87 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 917.0 -0.56 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
LYSINE 4 Seed not available 7110.0 -0.68 Duke, 1992 *
LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE 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.
LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE 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.
LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLSERINE 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.
MALIC-ACID 15 Leaf not available 15100.0 0.61 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MALTASE 0 Seed not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MARGARIC-ACID 0 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Seed not available 5.5 0.28 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Pollen Or Spore not available not available not available 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
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).