How to Use Buckwheat and its extracts?

Contents

• Basic Botanical Info.
• Botanical Description.
• Phytochemicals and Constituents.
• Beneficial Nutrients and Phytochemicals.
• Medicinal Action and Uses:Astringent, acrid.
• History of Buckwheat.
• Buckwheat classification.
• Buckweet Commodities.
• Other Species and Buckwheat Family.
• Research Update:Polygonum fagopyrum.

Applications and Properties:

Applications:

Astringent, acrid.
Diabetes,High Blood Pressure.
Antiproliferative.Muscle hypertrophy.
Antioxidant activities.Antioxidant activities of buckwheat hull extract.
Inhibits progression of renal failure.
Anti-allergic action.

Properties:

Nutritiona Value:seeds contain starch, sugar, gum, and various matters soluble in alcohol. A small amount of the glucoside Indican. sweet buckwheat contains rutin about 0.02-0.798%,bitter buckwheat contains rutin about 1.08-6.6%,100grams buckwheat contains crude protein 9.5g,fat 1.7g,carbohydrate 73g,dietary fiber 13.3g,ash 2.2g,thiamine (vitamin B1) 0.24 ug,(vitamin B2) 0.06mgs,Vitamin B3(nicotinic acid) 1.3 mg, calcium 154mgs,potassium 439mgs,sodium 4mgs,magnesium 193mgs, iron 10.1mgs,zinc 2.9mgs, selenium 1.31ug,copper 14.05 mgs,etc.

Safety and Toxicity:

Generally considered safe and no toxic data available.

Reference:

• 1.How to Use Buckwheat and its extracts?

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♣ last edit date:22nd,Oct.2010.