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Plant Avena sativa (Poaceae)

Common Names
Oats
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
URONIC-ACIDS 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Plant not available 12000.0 0.45 Jim Duke's personal files.*
VALINE 3 Seed 4000.0 11000.0 -0.12 Jim Duke's personal files.*
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN 28 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
VITAMIN-A 0 Leaf not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-B-1 24 Seed not available 7.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-B-2 0 Seed not available 1.3 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
VITEXIN-2''-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSIDE 1 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VITEXIN-2'-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
VITEXIN-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Plant not available 780000.0 0.04 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Seed 48000.0 213000.0 -0.06 Jim Duke's personal files.*
WAX 0 Seed not available 9000.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOPHYLL-EPOXIDE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ZINC 77 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 9 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *