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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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Metal-Chelator 2 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mosquitocide 1 *
Motor-Depressant 1 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Musculotropic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic 3 *
Mycobactericide 2 *
Myorelaxant 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Narcotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Nematicide 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neoplastic 2 Martindale's 29th
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.