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Common Names
Lentil
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-GAMMA-HYDROXY-L-HOMOARGININE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| ALANINE | 3 | Seed | 11720.0 | 13200.0 | 0.65 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ALANINE | 3 | Sprout Seedling | 3560.0 | 11865.0 | -0.50 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| AMYLASE | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| ARGININE | 14 | Seed | 21680.0 | 24400.0 | -0.01 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ARGININE | 14 | Sprout Seedling | 6110.0 | 20365.0 | -0.79 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Seed | 42.0 | 70.0 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Sprout Seedling | 148.0 | 605.0 | -0.60 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | 21000.0 | 30875.0 | -0.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Sprout Seedling | 9250.0 | 35833.0 | -0.75 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ASPARAGIN | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Seed | 31020.0 | 34900.0 | 1.09 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Sprout Seedling | 14330.0 | 47765.0 | -0.96 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Seed | not available | 16.0 | 0.57 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Sprout Seedling | 0.3 | 1.0 | -0.29 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| BIOTIN | 4 | Seed | not available | 132.0 | 0.06 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Seed | 386.0 | 604.0 | -0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Sprout Seedling | 244.0 | 853.0 | -0.57 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | 597000.0 | 642800.0 | 0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | 221400.0 | -1.96 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-HETE-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Abortifacient | 1 | Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp. |
| Absorbent | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Acaricide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acarifuge | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACE-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acidulant | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Acnegenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Adjuvant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allelopathic | 2 | Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865. |
| Allergenic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Analgesic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Androgenic? | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anemiagenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacid | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiacne | 6 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |