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Plant Lens culinaris (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Lentil
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
PYRIDOXINE 43 Seed not available 4.9 -0.24 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 2.0 3.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Sprout Seedling 1.0 5.0 -0.98 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SALICYLATES 7 Seed not available 0.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS 5 Seed 1100.0 5100.0 -0.43 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SERINE 1 Seed 12930.0 14560.0 0.76 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SERINE 1 Sprout Seedling 4450.0 14835.0 0.08 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA 0 Seed 1350.0 1520.0 -0.56 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SFA 0 Sprout Seedling 570.0 1900.0 -1.23 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SODIUM 1 Seed 76.0 360.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Sprout Seedling 56.0 545.0 -0.50 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SOYASAPONIN-I 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.
STACHYOSE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Seed not available 285000.0 -0.10 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 140.0 160.0 -0.56 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID 8 Sprout Seedling 60.0 200.0 -1.40 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SULFUR 14 Seed not available 1220.0 -0.74 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
THIAMIN 31 Seed 2.6 6.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Sprout Seedling 2.0 8.0 -0.63 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THREONINE 4 Seed 10060.0 11325.0 0.71 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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
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).