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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAGOPYRUM-PROTEASE-INHIBITOR-BWI-3 | 0 | Seed | not available | 6000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAGOPYRUM-TRIPEPTIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 19800.0 | 24000.0 | -1.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | 42400.0 | 99000.0 | -0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLAVONOIDS | 0 | Petiole | 12130.0 | 14635.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLAVONOIDS | 0 | Seed | 3715.0 | 4075.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | not available | 23300.0 | -0.78 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Seed | not available | 9750.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HCN | 9 | Seed | not available | 7.0 | -0.41 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| HEPTADECENOIC-ACID | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXADECENOIC-ACID | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXAN-1-AL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Seed | not available | 2750.0 | -0.90 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| HOMOORIENTIN | 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. |
| HYPERIN | 14 | Testa | not available | 50.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYPEROSIDE | 30 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYPEROSIDE | 30 | Testa | not available | 50.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IODINE | 12 | Seed | 0.0 | 0.2 | -0.26 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | 30.0 | 132.0 | -0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Seed | not available | 6080.0 | -0.56 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| 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. |