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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
AVENIN 1 Root *
AVENIN 1 Seed 11200.0 185600.0 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Seed *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Plant 16.0 72.0 -0.34 *
BETA-CYCLOCITRAL 0 Seed *
BETA-HYDROXY-BETA-METHYL-GLUTARIC-ACID 0 Hull Husk *
BETA-HYDROXY-BETA-METHYL-GLUTARIC-ACID 0 Petiole *
BETA-IONONE 13 Seed *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed *
BETAINE 14 Root 0.1 -0.37 *
BETAINE 14 Shoot 2.0 -0.58 *
BIOTIN 4 Seed 0.1 1.4 -0.53 Jim Duke's personal files.*
BORON 4 Seed 2.0 7.0 -0.81 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron).
BRASSICASTEROL 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BUTENYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Seed *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
CAFFEIC-ACID-ESTER 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CALCIUM 28 Plant 3146.0 14300.0 0.08 *
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Antidementia 8 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant 13 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant? 1 *
Antidermatitic 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antidiabetic 14 *
Antidiabetic? 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidiarrheic 3 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Acetaminophen) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Hydrazine) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lead) 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidrepanocytic 1 *
Antidysgeuzic 1 *