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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiatherogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 20 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibradiquinic | 1 | Fitoterapia No.61: 277, 1990. |
| Antibronchitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticalculic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 2 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Colon) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Esophagus)? | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticancer (Forestomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Liver) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Skin) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticanker | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticapillary-Fragility | 2 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Anticarcinogenic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |