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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Inotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insecticide | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Insectifuge | 6 | Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994. |
| Insectiphile | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Insulin-Sparing | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Insulinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157. |
| Insulinogenic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Insulinotonic | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Interferonogenic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Irritant | 3 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Juvabional | 3 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Larvicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Larvistat | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Laxative | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Laxative? | 2 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91. |
| Leukotriene-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipotropic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Lipoxygenase-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 7 | Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690. |
| Lithogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |