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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
ISOVITEXIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
ISOVITEXIN 4 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOVITEXIN--O-ARABINOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOVITEXIN-2'-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOVITEXIN-2'-O-ARABINOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOVITEXIN-2'-O-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Plant 4529.0 4540.0 1.14 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 3740.0 4710.0 -0.12 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LEUCINE 2 Plant not available 18000.0 0.49 Jim Duke's personal files.*
LEUCINE 2 Seed 6000.0 14000.0 -0.29 Jim Duke's personal files.*
LICHENIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGNIN 13 Hull Husk 100000.0 150000.0 -1.00 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LIGNIN 13 Plant not available 85000.0 -0.97 Jim Duke's personal files.*
LIMONENE 60 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LOPHENOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LOPHENOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-6-C-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-6-C-GLUCOSYL-ARABINOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-6-C-GLUCOSYL-O-ARABINOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Plant not available 14000.0 0.48 Jim Duke's personal files.*
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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
Antikeshan 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiketotic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antilactobacillic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 2 Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotrienogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilisteria 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimanic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).