Plant Avena sativa (Poaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
LYSINE	4	Seed	2000.0	7000.0	-0.69	Jim Duke's personal files.*
MAGNESIUM	65	Plant	2640.0	12000.0	2.46	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	300.0	2900.0	-0.02	Jim Duke's personal files.*
MALIC-ACID	15	Hull Husk	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Petiole	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALONIC-ACID	1	Hull Husk	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALONIC-ACID	1	Petiole	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Plant	0.1	0.5	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	20.0	204.0	1.87	Jim Duke's personal files.*
MELATONIN	23	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Hattori, A., et. al. 1995. Identification of Melatonin in Plants and its Effects on Plasma Melatonin Levels and Binding to Melatonin Receptors in Vertebrates. Biochem. Mol. Biol. Int., 35(3): 627-634.
METHIONINE	15	Plant	not available	2000.0	0.01	Jim Duke's personal files.*
METHIONINE	15	Seed	1000.0	4000.0	-0.08	Jim Duke's personal files.*
METHOXY-MALIC-ACID	0	Hull Husk	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHOXY-MALIC-ACID	0	Petiole	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYOINOSITOL-OXIDASE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
MYRCENE	22	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Plant	17.0	75.0	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Seed	6.0	44.0	0.03	Jim Duke's personal files.*
NICOTIANAMINE	1	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIENAL	0	Seed	not available	not available	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
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaphthic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	12	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	12	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic	1	Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antiautistic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antibackache	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	24	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchoconstrictor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticalculic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	9	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.