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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
STARCH 5 Seed 500000.0 600000.0 1.17 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTA-7,24(28)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTADIENOL 0 Seed 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.
STIGMASTANEDIOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTANOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTANOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Plant 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.
SUGARS 0 Plant 30000.0 93000.0 -0.22 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SUGARS 0 Seed 20000.0 50000.0 -0.14 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SULFUR 14 Plant 800.0 4100.0 0.10 Jim Duke's personal files.*
SULFUR 14 Seed 1500.0 3100.0 0.32 Jim Duke's personal files.*
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Hull Husk not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Plant 0.9 4.0 -0.31 Jim Duke's personal files.*
THIAMIN 31 Seed 2.6 12.1 1.32 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMINE 0 Plant 0.4 2.0 -0.46 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
Antidyskinetic 4 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antienteritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *