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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Lens culinaris (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Lentil
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
THREONINE 4 Sprout Seedling 3280.0 10935.0 -0.38 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TOCOPHEROL 93 Seed 20.0 -0.40 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 2510.0 2826.0 -0.17 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TYROSINE 8 Seed 7500.0 8445.0 0.16 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Sprout Seedling 2520.0 8400.0 -0.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALINE 3 Seed 13920.0 15675.0 0.45 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALINE 3 Sprout Seedling 3990.0 13300.0 -0.75 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VARIABILIN 0 Seed *
VIT-B-6 0 Seed 5.0 6.0 0.48 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VIT-B-6 0 Sprout Seedling 2.0 6.6 -1.00 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VIT-K 0 Seed 2.5 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
WATER 0 Seed 111900.0 124000.0 -0.40 *
WATER 0 Sprout Seedling 650000.0 700000.0 -1.08 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WYERONE 3 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ZINC 77 Seed 37.0 42.0 -0.09 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ZINC 77 Sprout Seedling 14.0 54.0 0.90 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antioxaluric 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antioxidant 16 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant? 2 *
Antiozenic 1 *
Antipanniculopathic 1 *
Antipapillomic 1 *
Antiparkinsonian 8 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 3 Martindale's 28th
Antiperiodontal 1 *
Antiperiodontitic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxidant 1 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiphenylketonuric 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiphotophobic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiPMS 6 *
Antipneumonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.