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
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 1000.0 6000.0 -0.03 Jim Duke's personal files.*
HORDENINE 8 Leaf Wealth of India.
HYPOXANTHIN 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID-GLUCOPROTEIN 0 Seed *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID-GLUCOPROTEIN 0 Shoot *
IODINE 12 Plant 0.2 -0.45 Jim Duke's personal files.*
IRON 6 Plant 3.0 13.5 -0.72 *
IRON 6 Seed 20.0 300.0 0.69 Jim Duke's personal files.*
ISOLEUCINE 3 Plant 13000.0 0.63 Jim Duke's personal files.*
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 4000.0 9000.0 -0.19 Jim Duke's personal files.*
ISOORIENTIN 4 Leaf *
ISOORIENTIN-2'-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE 0 Leaf *
ISOORIENTIN-2'-O-ARABINOSIDE 0 Leaf *
ISOORIENTIN-2'-O-BETA-D-DIGLYCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
ISOORIENTIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLYCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
ISOPROPYL-TARTARIC-ACID 0 Hull Husk *
ISOSWERTISIN-2'-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf *
ISOSWERTISIN-2'-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Shoot *
ISOSWERTISIN-2'-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf 16.0 *
ISOSWERTISIN-O'-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf 16.0 *
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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).