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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
1,3,4-PENTANE-TRICARBOXYLIC-ACID-TRIMETHYL-ESTER 0 Hull Husk 1.3 *
1,3,4-PENTANE-TRICARBOXYLIC-ACID-TRIMETHYL-ESTER 0 Pericarp 1.3 *
1,3-AMINO-PROPYL-PYRROLINIUM 0 Sprout Seedling *
2,2,6-TRIMETHYL-CYCLOHEXANONE 0 Seed *
2-CARBOXYARABINITOL 0 Leaf 517.0 0.74 Moore, B. D., Isidoro, E., Seemann, J. R. 1993. Distribution of 2-Carboxyarabinitol Among Plants. Phytochemistry 34 3: 703-707. Dept. Biochem. Univ. Nevada Reno 89557, USA.
2-METHYL-HEPT-2-EN-6-ONE 0 Seed *
26-DESGLUCOAVENACOSIDES 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
29-ISOFUCOSTEROL 0 Seed *
3'-HYDROXYAVENALUMIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
3,4-DIMETHOXY-ACETOPHENONE 0 Hull Husk *
3,4-DIMETHOXY-ACETOPHENONE 0 Petiole *
4,5-DIHYDROXY-7-METHOXY-8-C-GLUCOSYL-O-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf *
4-VINYL-GUAIACOL 4 Seed *
5-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL 0 Leaf *
5-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL 0 Seed *
5-HYDROXY-3',5'-DIMETHOXY-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
5-HYDROXY-N-HENTRIACONTAN-14,16-DIONE 0 Seed Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
6-HYDROXY-N-HENTRIACONTAN-14,16-DIONE 0 Seed Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
7-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL 0 Leaf *
7-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL 0 Seed *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidyskinetic 4 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 2 *
Antidyspeptic 1 *
Antidysphagic 1 *
Antieczemic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 7 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antielastase 2 *
Antiemetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 8 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 *
Antienteritic 1 *
Antienterotic 1 *
Antiepileptic 6 *
Antiescherichic 3 *
Antiesophagitic 1 *
Antiestrogenic 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 9 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 6 *