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Plant Lens culinaris (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Lentil
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
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 3510.0 3950.0 -0.88 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Sprout Seedling 1810.0 6035.0 -0.42 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 960.0 1080.0 -0.56 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Sprout Seedling 380.0 1265.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LYSINE 4 Seed 19570.0 22035.0 1.35 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LYSINE 4 Sprout Seedling 7120.0 23735.0 0.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 765.0 1280.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Sprout Seedling 345.0 1323.0 -1.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MANGANESE 14 Sprout Seedling 5.0 18.0 -1.40 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHIONINE 15 Sprout Seedling 1050.0 3500.0 -0.77 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MUFA 13 Seed 1630.0 1835.0 -0.78 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MUFA 13 Sprout Seedling 1040.0 3465.0 0.18 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 30.0 34.0 -0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NIACIN 39 Seed 17.0 30.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Sprout Seedling 10.0 40.0 -0.69 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 1570.0 1770.0 -0.96 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OLEIC-ACID 18 Sprout Seedling 1040.0 3465.0 0.18 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OXALIC-ACID 9 Seed not available 212.0 -0.63 Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 1160.0 1300.0 -0.67 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiAGE 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 7 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.
Antiaging 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antianginal 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *