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Plant Coix lacryma-jobi (Poaceae)

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Common name(s)
Adlay, Adlay Millet, Job'S-Tears, Yi-Yi-Ren
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 2,4-DIHYDROXY-7-METHOXY-2H-1,4-BENZOAXINE-3-ONE Sprout Seedling -- -- -- Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
0 2-(2,4-DIHYDROXY-7-METHOXY...BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE Sprout Seedling -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
0 2-(2-HYDROXY-7-METHOXY-1,4(2H)...GLUCOPYRANOSIDE Sprout Seedling -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
0 2-HYDROXY-7-METHOXY-1,4(2H)-BENZOXAZIN-3-ONE Root -- -- -- Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
0 2-O-GLUCOSYL-7-METHOXY-1,4(2H)-BENZOXAZIN-3-ONE Root -- -- -- Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
2 4-KETOPINORESINOL Pericarp -- -- -- *
0 6-METHOXY-BENZOXAZOLON Plant -- -- -- *
28 ADENOSINE Seed -- -- -- Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
1 ALPHA-MONOLINOLEIN Plant -- -- -- *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Seed -- 0.0 -0.34 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
2 BENZOXAZINOIDS Seed -- -- -- Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
53 BETA-CAROTENE Seed -- 0.0 -0.43 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
47 BETA-SITOSTEROL Root -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
28 CALCIUM Seed 50.0 282.0 -0.71 *
2 CAMPESTEROL Seed -- -- -- Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
0 CARBOHYDRATES Plant -- 798000.0 0.81 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
0 CARBOHYDRATES Seed 653000.0 824000.0 1.19 *
0 CEREBROSIDES Seed -- -- -- Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
0 CIS-8-OCTADECENOIC-ACID Seed -- -- -- Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
0 COICIN Seed -- -- -- ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.