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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
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 *
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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
Detoxicant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 10 Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Elastase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 1 Martindale's 29th
Emollient 1 Martindale's 29th
Essential 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic? 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Fatal 1 Martindale's 29th
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fibrinolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor 7 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 10 Duke, 1992 *