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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Seed | 1640.0 | 1880.0 | 0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORON | 4 | Seed | 4.0 | 8.0 | -0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Seed | 241.0 | 1140.0 | -0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Seed | 200.0 | 230.0 | -0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | 650000.0 | 817700.0 | 1.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARNAUBIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 990.0 | 1200.0 | 1.00 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CHLORINE | 7 | Seed | not available | 138.0 | -0.46 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Plant | 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. |
| CITRIC-ACID | 23 | Leaf | not available | 8200.0 | -0.21 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| CYANIDIN | 7 | Plant | 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. |
| CYSTINE | 2 | Seed | not available | 2752.0 | -0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DOCOSENOIC-ACID | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DODECADIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DODECATRIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ERIODICTYOL-5-O-METHYL-ETHER-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1,4)-O-BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | 670.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAGOPYRIN | 2 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAGOPYRIN | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAGOPYRUM-PROTEASE-INHIBITOR-BWI-1 | 0 | Seed | not available | 25000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAGOPYRUM-PROTEASE-INHIBITOR-BWI-2 | 0 | Seed | not available | 26000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Litholytic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Lubricant | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Lyase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAO-A-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAO-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mast-Cell-Stabilizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Metal-Chelator | 2 | McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25. |
| Metal-Chelator (Copper) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Metastatic | 1 | Science News, 146: 421. |
| Methyl-Guanidine-Inhibitor | 1 | McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82. |
| MMP-9-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Monoamine-Precursor | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mosquitocide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mucolytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Mutagenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mycobactericide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myocontractant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myoprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myorelaxant | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |