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Common Names
Adlay; Adlay Millet; Job'S-Tears; Yi-Yi-Ren
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | not available | 4.0 | -0.71 | Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195. |
| STARCH | 5 | Seed | 500000.0 | 790000.0 | 1.94 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Root | 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. |
| STERYL-GLYCOSIDES | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp. |
| STIGMASTANOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| SYRINGARESINOL | 1 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SYRINGIC-ACID | 6 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Seed | 2.8 | 3.2 | -0.81 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| WATER | 0 | Seed | 89000.0 | 113000.0 | -0.44 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ZINC | 77 | Seed | not available | 20.0 | -0.71 | Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Ubiquiot | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Uricosuric | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Uterosedative | 1 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Vasodilator | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vulnerary | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |