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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Avena sativa (Poaceae)

Common Names
Oats
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PHOSPHORUS 4 Plant 618.0 2810.0 -0.37 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 500.0 10200.0 1.28 Jim Duke's personal files.*
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Seed 0.1 -0.05 *
PHYTATE 0 Seed 8970.0 10000.0 -0.31 *
PHYTIC-ACID 9 Bran *
PHYTIC-ACID 9 Hull Husk 5600.0 8700.0 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Seed 580.0 -0.49 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
POTASSIUM 14 Plant 598.0 2720.0 -1.33 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 2200.0 8900.0 -0.32 Jim Duke's personal files.*
PROLINE 0 Root 2.4 -1.30 *
PROLINE 0 Shoot 1.3 -0.71 *
PROPANAL 0 Seed *
PROTEIN 0 Plant 15840.0 72000.0 -0.83 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 74000.0 232000.0 -0.02 Jim Duke's personal files.*
PUTRESCINE 0 Leaf 1186.0 *
PYRIDOXINE 43 Plant 1.8 3.1 Jim Duke's personal files.*
PYRIDOXINE 43 Seed 0.2 2.4 -0.82 Jim Duke's personal files.*
QUERCETIN 176 Hay 310.0 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Plant 0.4 2.0 -0.66 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 0.7 11.7 3.13 Jim Duke's personal files.*
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Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 1 *
Antimelanomic 3 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetaplastic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimetastatic 4 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 *
Antimigraine 7 Martindale's 29th
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 *
AntiMorning-Sickness 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimorphinic 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiMS 1 *
AntiMSG-Sensitivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimutagenic 16 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyalgic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.