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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
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 1000.0 6000.0 -0.03 Jim Duke's personal files.*
HORDENINE 8 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
HYPOXANTHIN 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID-GLUCOPROTEIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID-GLUCOPROTEIN 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IODINE 12 Plant not available 0.2 -0.45 Jim Duke's personal files.*
IRON 6 Plant 3.0 13.5 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Seed 20.0 300.0 0.69 Jim Duke's personal files.*
ISOLEUCINE 3 Plant not available 13000.0 0.63 Jim Duke's personal files.*
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 4000.0 9000.0 -0.19 Jim Duke's personal files.*
ISOORIENTIN 4 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOORIENTIN-2'-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOORIENTIN-2'-O-ARABINOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOORIENTIN-2'-O-BETA-D-DIGLYCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOORIENTIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLYCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOPROPYL-TARTARIC-ACID 0 Hull Husk not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOSWERTISIN-2'-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOSWERTISIN-2'-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOSWERTISIN-2'-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf not available 16.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOSWERTISIN-O'-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf not available 16.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Juvabional 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Keratitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Keratolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Larvicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Larvistat 2 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative 7 Duke, 1992 *
Laxative? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic 1 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
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.