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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Serotoninergic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Sialogogue | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Soap | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Spermicide | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Spermigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Sprout-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication. |
| Sunscreen | 3 | Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993. |
| Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Sweetener | 1 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Teratologic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Thyroid-Peroxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Thyrotropic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Tissue-Thromboplastin-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TNF-alpha-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tranquilizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tremorigenic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Tumor-Promoter | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Tumorigenic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |