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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
CHOLESTEROL 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Root not available 0.2 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Seed 134.0 1712.0 0.04 Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Shoot not available 0.3 -0.77 Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Plant 0.9 3.9 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Hull Husk not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Petiole not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Plant 0.4 1.7 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Seed 0.0 0.3 -0.19 Jim Duke's personal files.*
COLAMINE 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.
COPPER 12 Plant not available 4.0 -1.11 Jim Duke's personal files.*
COPPER 12 Seed 2.4 25.7 0.99 Jim Duke's personal files.*
CYSTINE 2 Seed 1000.0 5000.0 1.29 Jim Duke's personal files.*
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEC-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEC-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-5-AVENASTEROL 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-7-AVENASTEROL 1 Seed not available not available not available Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
DELTA-7-STIGMASTEROL 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.
DELTA-AMINO-LEVULINIC-ACID 0 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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.