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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
SALICYLATES 7 Seed not available 0.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS 5 Seed 1000.0 13000.0 -0.32 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SCOPOLETIN 44 Root not available 10.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLIN 3 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SECALOSE 0 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.
SELENIUM 60 Bran not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Plant 0.3 1.3 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Seed not available 4000.0 -1.26 Jim Duke's personal files.*
SILICA 0 Plant not available 36000.0 -0.62 Wealth of India.
SILICIC-ACID 1 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
SILICON 4 Plant 4.0 18.3 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
SILICON-OXIDE 0 Ash not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICON-OXIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Plant 862.0 3920.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 100.0 1600.0 1.82 Jim Duke's personal files.*
SPERMIDINE 1 Leaf not available 14.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SPERMINE 1 Leaf not available 13.0 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
Antihangover 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 1 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 9 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 5 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocysteine 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.