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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
AVENIN 1 Root *
AVENIN 1 Seed 11200.0 185600.0 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Seed *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Plant 16.0 72.0 -0.34 *
BETA-CYCLOCITRAL 0 Seed *
BETA-HYDROXY-BETA-METHYL-GLUTARIC-ACID 0 Hull Husk *
BETA-HYDROXY-BETA-METHYL-GLUTARIC-ACID 0 Petiole *
BETA-IONONE 13 Seed *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed *
BETAINE 14 Root 0.1 -0.37 *
BETAINE 14 Shoot 2.0 -0.58 *
BIOTIN 4 Seed 0.1 1.4 -0.53 Jim Duke's personal files.*
BORON 4 Seed 2.0 7.0 -0.81 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron).
BRASSICASTEROL 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BUTENYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Seed *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
CAFFEIC-ACID-ESTER 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CALCIUM 28 Plant 3146.0 14300.0 0.08 *
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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 *