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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.72 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| STARCH | 5 | Seed | not available | 670000.0 | 1.46 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | not available | 460.0 | -0.56 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Seed | 80.0 | 92.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SYRINGIC-ACID | 6 | Testa | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TAXIFOLIN-3-O-XYLOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Seed | 2.7 | 9.0 | 0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Seed | not available | 5850.0 | -0.51 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| TOCOPHEROL | 93 | Seed | not available | 42.0 | -0.40 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| TRIDECAN-1-OIC-ACID | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Seed | not available | 2065.0 | -0.43 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Seed | not available | 2750.0 | -1.16 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| VALINE | 3 | Seed | not available | 8140.0 | -0.48 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| VANILLIC-ACID | 24 | Testa | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VITEXIN | 18 | 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. |
| VITEXIN | 18 | Testa | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Seed | 110000.0 | 128000.0 | -0.38 | 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). |