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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | not available | 115.0 | -0.29 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| MYRISTOLEIC-ACID | 1 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-TETRADECANE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Seed | 20.0 | 44.0 | 0.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICKEL | 3 | Seed | not available | 1.0 | -0.72 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| NONAN-1-AL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NORVALINE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTAN-2-OL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 6650.0 | 13200.0 | -0.87 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ORIENTIN | 4 | 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. |
| OXALIC-ACID | 9 | Leaf | not available | 111000.0 | 2.78 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Testa | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID | 13 | Testa | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 2574.0 | 3120.0 | -0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANTOTHENIC-ACID | 11 | Seed | not available | 14.0 | -0.29 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| PENTADECANOIC-ACID | 1 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTADECENOIC-ACID | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Seed | not available | 5045.0 | -0.78 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antierythemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiescherichic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifatigue | 5 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antifeedant | 5 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Antifertility | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrosarcomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrositic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antifibrotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 4 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antigallstone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastric | 1 | Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85. |
| Antigastritic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antigenotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglycosation | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |