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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Avena sativa (Poaceae)

Common Names
Oats
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
LYSINE 4 Seed 2000.0 7000.0 -0.69 Jim Duke's personal files.*
MAGNESIUM 65 Plant 2640.0 12000.0 2.46 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 300.0 2900.0 -0.02 Jim Duke's personal files.*
MALIC-ACID 15 Hull Husk *
MALIC-ACID 15 Petiole *
MALONIC-ACID 1 Hull Husk *
MALONIC-ACID 1 Petiole *
MANGANESE 14 Plant 0.1 0.5 -0.69 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed 20.0 204.0 1.87 Jim Duke's personal files.*
MELATONIN 23 Seed Hattori, A., et. al. 1995. Identification of Melatonin in Plants and its Effects on Plasma Melatonin Levels and Binding to Melatonin Receptors in Vertebrates. Biochem. Mol. Biol. Int., 35(3): 627-634.
METHIONINE 15 Plant 2000.0 0.01 Jim Duke's personal files.*
METHIONINE 15 Seed 1000.0 4000.0 -0.08 Jim Duke's personal files.*
METHOXY-MALIC-ACID 0 Hull Husk *
METHOXY-MALIC-ACID 0 Petiole *
MYOINOSITOL-OXIDASE 0 Shoot Wealth of India.
MYRCENE 22 Seed *
NIACIN 39 Plant 17.0 75.0 -0.02 *
NIACIN 39 Seed 6.0 44.0 0.03 Jim Duke's personal files.*
NICOTIANAMINE 1 Sprout Seedling *
NONA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIENAL 0 Seed *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Abortifacient 1 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 2 *
Acarifuge 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 5 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidifier 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acnegenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 9 *
Allelochemic 4 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 4 Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 12 *