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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CALCIUM 28 Seed 400.0 4800.0 0.12 *
CAMPESTANOL 0 Leaf *
CAMPESTANOL 0 Seed *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Seed *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Plant 265000.0 861000.0 1.21 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 562000.0 775000.0 1.00 *
CAROTENE 0 Plant 2.6 702.0 0.36 Jim Duke's personal files.*
CAROTENE 0 Seed 0.0 0.2 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.*
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Seed *
CELLULOSE 1 Hull Husk 350000.0 -0.16 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CELLULOSE 1 Plant 305000.0 0.00 Jim Duke's personal files.*
CHLORINE 7 Plant 1000.0 5700.0 -0.17 Jim Duke's personal files.*
CHLORINE 7 Seed 500.0 1900.0 3.16 Jim Duke's personal files.*
CHLOROPHYLL-A 0 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
CHLOROPHYLL-B 0 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
CHOLEST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Leaf *
CHOLEST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed *
CHOLESTANOL 0 Leaf *
CHOLESTANOL 0 Seed *
CHOLESTEROL 1 Leaf *
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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 *
Pesticide 39 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
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 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
Prooxidant 3 *
Propecic 1 *