tartari buckwheat

Names

Common Names

• India-wheat
• Japanese buckwheat
• Tartarian buckwheat
• Tartary buckwheat
• green buckwheat
• India buckwheat
• duckwheat

Regional and Traditional Names

Scientific Names

Accepted name

Synonyms

• Phegopyrum tataricum
• Fagopyrum tataricum var. rotundatum
• Fagopyrum tataricum var. vulgare
• Helxine tartarica
• Fagopyrum dentatum
• Polygonum tataricum
• Fagopyrum tataricum var. potaninii
• Fagopyrum tataricum subsp. potaninii
• Fagopyrum suffruticosum
• Fagopyrum rotundatum

Taxonomical Classification

This plant belongs to the kingdom Plantae and the phylum Streptophyta, falling under the class Equisetopsida and subclass Magnoliidae. Within the order Caryophyllales, it is classified under the family Polygonaceae and the genus Fagopyrum.

Distribution

This plant, Fagopyrum tataricum, exhibits a specific distribution across several northern European territories. It can be found growing within the borders of Denmark. Additionally, its presence is noted in the country of Finland. The species is also distributed throughout Great Britain and Ireland. Finally, the geographical range of this medicinal plant extends to Norway.

Plant Parts

Chemicals

Fagopyrum tataricum has 48 reported phytochemicals identified across 2 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported chemicals include RUTIN, Flavonoids, quercetin, Flavonoid, D-chiro-Inositol.

RUTIN

1. Journal of plant physiology
2. Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB
3. Food & function
4. Metabolites
5. Frontiers in microbiology

Flavonoids

1. Metabolites
2. Frontiers in microbiology
3. International journal of biological macromolecules
4. Frontiers in plant science
5. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry

quercetin

1. Plant, cell & environment
2. Food & function
3. PloS one
4. Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica
5. Pharmacognosy magazine

Flavonoid

1. Cell reports
2. Frontiers in plant science
3. Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB
4. BMC plant biology
5. Botanical studies

D-chiro-Inositol

1. Critical reviews in food science and nutrition
2. Journal of ethnopharmacology

LIGNIN

1. Frontiers in plant science
2. BMC plant biology

Proanthocyanidin

1. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
2. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica

(+)-catechin

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica

(-)-Epicatechin

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica

4-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID

1. PloS one

Activities

Fagopyrum tataricum has 13 reported activities identified across 2 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported activities include Antioxidant, Hepatoprotective, Anticancer, Antidiabetic, Antitumor.

Most Reported Activities

Medicinal Uses

Fagopyrum tataricum has 30 reported medicinal uses identified across 2 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported uses include antioxidant, inflammation, antidiabetic, drought tolerance, Lipid Metabolism Disorders.

Most Reported Uses

Preparations