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
QUERCETIN	176	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Testa	not available	25.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN	44	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE	0	Leaf	not available	28300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	1.7	1.8	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Flower	40000.0	63700.0	0.23	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Leaf	11600.0	63700.0	2.95	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Petiole	505.0	975.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Plant	1000.0	68300.0	0.34	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Seed	87.0	511.0	-0.82	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Stem	600.0	50600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Testa	not available	43.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLALDEHYDE	5	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES	7	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONARETIN	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.
SELENIUM	60	Seed	not available	0.2	-0.26	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
SERINE	1	Seed	not available	7110.0	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
SHIKIMIC-ACID	14	Hypocotyl	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILICIC-ACID	1	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.

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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.