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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
SALICYLATES 7 Seed not available 0.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS 5 Seed 1000.0 13000.0 -0.32 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SCOPOLETIN 44 Root not available 10.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLIN 3 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SECALOSE 0 Plant 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.
SELENIUM 60 Bran not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Plant 0.3 1.3 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Seed not available 4000.0 -1.26 Jim Duke's personal files.*
SILICA 0 Plant not available 36000.0 -0.62 Wealth of India.
SILICIC-ACID 1 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
SILICON 4 Plant 4.0 18.3 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
SILICON-OXIDE 0 Ash not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICON-OXIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Plant 862.0 3920.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 100.0 1600.0 1.82 Jim Duke's personal files.*
SPERMIDINE 1 Leaf not available 14.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SPERMINE 1 Leaf not available 13.0 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
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.