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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
DIADENOSINE-TETRAPHOSPHORIC-ACID 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.
DIAMINO-PROPANE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROHAEMATINIC-ACID 0 Hull Husk not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHOXY-BUTYL-BENZENE 0 Hull Husk not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHOXY-BUTYL-BENZENE 0 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERGOTHIONEINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Plant 1540.0 7000.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 11000.0 97000.0 -0.89 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID-ESTER 0 Seed 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.
FIBER 15 Plant 122000.0 417000.0 1.44 Jim Duke's personal files.*
FIBER 15 Seed 10000.0 289000.0 1.22 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Plant not available 173000.0 1.28 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Plant not available 620000.0 2.77 Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN 15 Seed 0.0 0.8 -0.77 Duke, 1992 *
FOLIC-ACID 23 Seed 0.0 0.8 -0.36 Jim Duke's personal files.*
FORMALDEHYDE 12 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 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.
FRUCTOSE 8 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FUR-2-ALDEHYDE 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.