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Plant Avena sativa (Poaceae)

Common Names
Oats
How this plant is used
Food

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View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
LYSINE 4 Seed 2000.0 7000.0 -0.69 Jim Duke's personal files.*
MAGNESIUM 65 Plant 2640.0 12000.0 2.46 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 300.0 2900.0 -0.02 Jim Duke's personal files.*
MALIC-ACID 15 Hull Husk not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALONIC-ACID 1 Hull Husk not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALONIC-ACID 1 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Plant 0.1 0.5 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed 20.0 204.0 1.87 Jim Duke's personal files.*
MELATONIN 23 Seed not available not available not available 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 not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHOXY-MALIC-ACID 0 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYOINOSITOL-OXIDASE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Wealth of India.
MYRCENE 22 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Plant 17.0 75.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Seed 6.0 44.0 0.03 Jim Duke's personal files.*
NICOTIANAMINE 1 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIENAL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 13 Duke, 1992 *
Anaphrodisiac 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Androgenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 2 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 8 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenergic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.