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Common Names
Buckwheat
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-CATECHIN | 30 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (+)-CATECHIN | 30 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (+)-EPICATECHIN | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-EPICATECHIN | 38 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-EPICATECHIN | 38 | Seed | not available | 26.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-EPICATECHIN | 38 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE | 7 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3,4-DIHYDROXY-2-PIPERIDINOMETHANOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 3,4-DIHYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE | 0 | Testa | not available | 61.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALANINE | 3 | Seed | not available | 6880.0 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-AMYRIN | 10 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARACHIDIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | 459.0 | -0.61 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| ARACHIDONIC-ACID | 12 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARGININE | 14 | Seed | not available | 11910.0 | -0.54 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| AROMADENDRIN-3-O-BETA-GALACTOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.34 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | 19000.0 | 24000.0 | -0.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Seed | not available | 12000.0 | -0.94 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BEHENIC-ACID | 1 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-AMYRIN | 9 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 3 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Hyperglycemic | 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. |
| Hypertensive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hyperthyroid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypnotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypoammonemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypoarginanemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypocalcemic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 15 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 11 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipidemic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ileorelaxant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 5 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Immunostimulant | 10 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124. |
| Immunosuppressant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| iNOS-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |