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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Fagopyrum esculentum (Polygonaceae)

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 *
BORON 4 Seed 4.0 8.0 -0.76 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 241.0 1140.0 -0.55 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Seed 200.0 230.0 -0.15 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 650000.0 817700.0 1.17 *
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 138.0 -0.46 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CITRIC-ACID 23 Leaf 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 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CYSTINE 2 Seed 2752.0 -0.28 *
DOCOSENOIC-ACID 0 Pollen Or Spore *
DODECADIENOIC-ACID 0 Pollen Or Spore *
DODECATRIENOIC-ACID 0 Pollen Or Spore *
ERIODICTYOL-5-O-METHYL-ETHER-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1,4)-O-BETA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSIDE 0 Seed 670.0 *
FAGOPYRIN 2 Flower *
FAGOPYRIN 2 Plant *
FAGOPYRUM-PROTEASE-INHIBITOR-BWI-1 0 Seed 25000.0 *
FAGOPYRUM-PROTEASE-INHIBITOR-BWI-2 0 Seed 26000.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperglycemic 1 *
Antihyperkinetic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 8 *
Antihyperthyroid 2 *
Antiielus? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiimpotence 1 *
Antiinfertility 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 22 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinsomniac 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomniac? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antikeratitic 1 *
Antikeshan 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiLegionella 3 *