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
STARCH 5 Seed 500000.0 600000.0 1.17 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Leaf *
STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed *
STIGMASTA-7,24(28)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed *
STIGMASTADIENOL 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STIGMASTANEDIOL 0 Seed *
STIGMASTANOL 0 Leaf *
STIGMASTANOL 0 Seed *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Leaf *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed *
SUCROSE 14 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SUGARS 0 Plant 30000.0 93000.0 -0.22 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SUGARS 0 Seed 20000.0 50000.0 -0.14 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SULFUR 14 Plant 800.0 4100.0 0.10 Jim Duke's personal files.*
SULFUR 14 Seed 1500.0 3100.0 0.32 Jim Duke's personal files.*
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Hull Husk *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Petiole *
THIAMIN 31 Plant 0.9 4.0 -0.31 Jim Duke's personal files.*
THIAMIN 31 Seed 2.6 12.1 1.32 *
THIAMINE 0 Plant 0.4 2.0 -0.46 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiprolactin 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 6 (View) *
Antiprostaglandin 5 (View) *
Antiprostanoid 1 (View) *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 5 (View) *
Antiprostatotic 1 (View) *
Antipruritic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsychotic 3 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antipyretic 3 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradiation 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiradicular 11 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 (View) *
Antiretardation 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinopathic 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinotic 2 (View) *
Antirheumatic 7 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antirheumatitic? 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antirhinitic 1 (View) *