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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Fagopyrum esculentum (Polygonaceae)

Common Names
Buckwheat
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ISOORIENTIN 4 Testa *
ISOVITEXIN 4 Testa *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 3350.0 3897.0 -0.75 *
L-SACCHAROPINE 0 Seed Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
LAURIC-ACID 7 Pollen Or Spore *
LEUCINE 2 Seed 8140.0 -0.86 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Pollen Or Spore *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 3960.0 6078.0 -0.87 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Pollen Or Spore *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 917.0 -0.56 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
LYSINE 4 Seed 7110.0 -0.68 *
LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLSERINE 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MALIC-ACID 15 Leaf 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 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MARGARIC-ACID 0 Pollen Or Spore *
METHIONINE 15 Seed *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Seed 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 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Carcinogenic 6 *
Cardioprotective 9 *
Cardiotonic 3 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catabolic 2 *
Cerebroprotective 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Chemopreventive 5 *
Cholagogue 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 6 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Choline-Sparing 1 *
Circulatory-Stimulant 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Circulotonic 2 *
Clastogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 1 *
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 1 *
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Coagulant 1 *