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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAGOPYRUM-PROTEASE-INHIBITOR-BWI-3 | 0 | Seed | not available | 6000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAGOPYRUM-TRIPEPTIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 19800.0 | 24000.0 | -1.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | 42400.0 | 99000.0 | -0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLAVONOIDS | 0 | Petiole | 12130.0 | 14635.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLAVONOIDS | 0 | Seed | 3715.0 | 4075.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | not available | 23300.0 | -0.78 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Seed | not available | 9750.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HCN | 9 | Seed | not available | 7.0 | -0.41 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| HEPTADECENOIC-ACID | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXADECENOIC-ACID | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXAN-1-AL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Seed | not available | 2750.0 | -0.90 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| HOMOORIENTIN | 0 | Cotyledon | 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. |
| HYPERIN | 14 | Testa | not available | 50.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYPEROSIDE | 30 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYPEROSIDE | 30 | Testa | not available | 50.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IODINE | 12 | Seed | 0.0 | 0.2 | -0.26 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | 30.0 | 132.0 | -0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Seed | not available | 6080.0 | -0.56 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| 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. |