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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-CATECHIN | 30 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (+)-CATECHIN | 30 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (+)-EPICATECHIN | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-EPICATECHIN | 38 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-EPICATECHIN | 38 | Seed | not available | 26.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-EPICATECHIN | 38 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-EPICATECHIN-3-O-GALLATE | 7 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3,4-DIHYDROXY-2-PIPERIDINOMETHANOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 3,4-DIHYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE | 0 | Testa | not available | 61.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALANINE | 3 | Seed | not available | 6880.0 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-AMYRIN | 10 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARACHIDIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | 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 | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARGININE | 14 | Seed | not available | 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 | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Seed | not available | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Seed | not available | 12000.0 | -0.94 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BEHENIC-ACID | 1 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-AMYRIN | 9 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anticomplementary | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticonvulsant | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticoronary | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| AntiCrohn's | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiCTS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCVI | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticystitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidandruff | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidecubitic | 4 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antideliriant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidementia | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidepressant | 8 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidepressant? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidermatitic | 8 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antidiabetic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiabetic? | 2 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Antidote | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antidote (Acetaminophen) | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antidote (Aluminum) | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antidote (Cadmium) | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |