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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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
Antiaflatoxin 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 2 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
Antiaggregant 10 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 1 Meli, R., Autore, G., Di Carlo, G., Capasso, F. Inhibitory Action of Quercetin on Intestinal Transit in Mice. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 201, 1990.
Antiandrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antianginal 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.