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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
THREONINE 4 Plant not available 16000.0 1.17 Jim Duke's personal files.*
THREONINE 4 Seed 3000.0 7000.0 -0.25 Jim Duke's personal files.*
TIN 4 Plant 1.3 6.0 -1.01 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-HEPT-2-ENAL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-NON-2-EN-1-AL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-NON-2-ENAL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICIN 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICIN-4',7-DI-O-BETA-D-GLYCOSIDE 0 Inflorescence not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICIN-4'-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE 0 Inflorescence not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICIN-4'-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLYCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICIN-7-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSYL-HEXOSIDE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLYCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE 15 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Plant not available 2000.0 -0.95 Jim Duke's personal files.*
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 0.0 3000.0 -0.11 Jim Duke's personal files.*
TYROSINE 8 Seed 2000.0 14000.0 1.45 Jim Duke's personal files.*
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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.