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

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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Root *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Tissue Culture *
(+)-EPICATECHIN 0 Tissue Culture *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Root *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Seed 26.0 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Tissue Culture *
(-)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE 7 Tissue Culture *
3,4-DIHYDROXY-2-PIPERIDINOMETHANOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
3,4-DIHYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE 0 Testa 61.0 *
ALANINE 3 Seed 6880.0 -0.70 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Seed *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed 459.0 -0.61 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
ARACHIDONIC-ACID 12 Pollen Or Spore *
ARGININE 14 Seed 11910.0 -0.54 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
AROMADENDRIN-3-O-BETA-GALACTOSIDE 0 Seed *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 0.0 -0.34 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
ASH 0 Seed 19000.0 24000.0 -0.72 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 12000.0 -0.94 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Pollen Or Spore *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Seed *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Nematicide 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *
Nephroprotective 1 McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Nephrotoxic 1 *
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective 3 *
Neurotoxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 *
NO-Genic 2 *
NO-Inhibitor 3 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 *
Odontolytic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 6 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oviposition-Stimulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant 1 *
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
P21-Inducer 1 *