Plant Fagopyrum esculentum (Polygonaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Buckwheat

How this plant is used

Food

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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
ISOORIENTIN	4	Testa	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVITEXIN	4	Testa	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Seed	3350.0	3897.0	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
L-SACCHAROPINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
LAURIC-ACID	7	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Seed	not available	8140.0	-0.86	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	3960.0	6078.0	-0.87	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	917.0	-0.56	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
LYSINE	4	Seed	not available	7110.0	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE	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.
LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE	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.
LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLSERINE	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.
MALIC-ACID	15	Leaf	not available	15100.0	0.61	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MALTASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MARGARIC-ACID	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Seed	not available	5.5	0.28	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Pollen Or Spore	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
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.