Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant 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
FURFURAL 6 Hull Husk 100000.0 132000.0 *
GAMMA-MUUROLENE 0 Seed *
GERANIOL-ACETONE 0 Seed *
GLUCOSE 7 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GLUCOVANILLIN 0 Hull Husk List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Plant 19000.0 -0.18 Jim Duke's personal files.*
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 29000.0 31000.0 -0.45 Jim Duke's personal files.*
GLUTARIC-ACID 0 Hull Husk *
GLUTARIC-ACID 0 Petiole *
GLUTEN 2 Seed Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GLYCINE 12 Seed 2000.0 -1.29 Jim Duke's personal files.*
GRAMININE 0 Rhizome List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GUANINE 1 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
HEPTAN-1-AL 0 Seed *
HEPTANAL 0 Seed *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Seed *
HEX-TRANS-3-ENYL-ACETATE 0 Seed *
HEXAN-1-AL 0 Seed *
HEXANAL 5 Seed *
HEXYL-ACETATE 1 Seed *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antikeshan 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiketotic 2 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antilactobacillic 1 (View) *
AntiLegionella 1 (View) *
Antileishmanic 3 (View) *
Antilepric 2 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 9 (View) *
Antileukonychic 1 (View) *
Antileukoplakic 1 (View) *
Antileukotriene 3 (View) *
Antileukotrienogenic 1 (View) *
Antilipoperoxidant 2 (View) *
Antilisteria 1 (View) *
Antilithic 6 (View) *
Antilupus 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 (View) *
Antilymphomic 3 (View) *
Antimaculitic 5 (View) *
Antimalarial 1 (View) Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimanic 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).