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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
URONIC-ACIDS 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Plant not available 12000.0 0.45 Jim Duke's personal files.*
VALINE 3 Seed 4000.0 11000.0 -0.12 Jim Duke's personal files.*
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN 28 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
VITAMIN-A 0 Leaf not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-B-1 24 Seed not available 7.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-B-2 0 Seed not available 1.3 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
VITEXIN-2''-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSIDE 1 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VITEXIN-2'-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
VITEXIN-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Plant not available 780000.0 0.04 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Seed 48000.0 213000.0 -0.06 Jim Duke's personal files.*
WAX 0 Seed not available 9000.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOPHYLL-EPOXIDE 0 Sprout Seedling 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.
ZINC 77 Plant 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
Parasympathomimetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Perfumery 5 Merck 11th Edition
Peristaltic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 39 Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Phytoalexin 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Phytohormonal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
Preservative 2 Merck 11th Edition
Progesteronigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Proliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 1 Duke, 1992 *