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

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Lentil

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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
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
Antipolyneuritic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antipolyp	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiporphyric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiprolactin	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferative	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antiprostatitic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsychotic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antipyretic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradiation	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiradicular	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiretardation	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinopathic	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
Antiretinopathic?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiretinotic	1	Duke, 1992 *