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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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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
CHOLESTEROL 1 Seed *
CHOLINE 20 Root 0.2 -0.41 *
CHOLINE 20 Seed 134.0 1712.0 0.04 *
CHOLINE 20 Shoot 0.3 -0.77 *
CHROMIUM 24 Plant 0.9 3.9 -0.50 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Hull Husk *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Petiole *
COBALT 2 Plant 0.4 1.7 -0.42 *
COBALT 2 Seed 0.0 0.3 -0.19 Jim Duke's personal files.*
COLAMINE 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
COPPER 12 Plant 4.0 -1.11 Jim Duke's personal files.*
COPPER 12 Seed 2.4 25.7 0.99 Jim Duke's personal files.*
CYSTINE 2 Seed 1000.0 5000.0 1.29 Jim Duke's personal files.*
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Seed *
DEC-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Seed *
DEC-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Seed *
DELTA-5-AVENASTEROL 1 Seed *
DELTA-7-AVENASTEROL 1 Seed Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
DELTA-7-STIGMASTEROL 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DELTA-AMINO-LEVULINIC-ACID 0 Sprout Seedling *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hepatomagenic 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 10 *
Hepatotoxic 1 *
Hepatotropic 2 *
Herbicide 3 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Herbistat 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Histamine-Inhibitor 1 *
Histaminic 1 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 1 Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990.
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hyperthyroid 1 *
Hypnotic 2 Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocalcemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypocholesterolemic 17 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 12 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.