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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
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 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 *
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 *
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 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 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
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 *
Antitumor (GI) 1 *
Antitumor (Liver) 1 *
Antitumor (Lung) 3 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 2 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 3 *
Antitumor (Skin) 1 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 3 *
Antitumor-Promoter 2 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antiulcer 9 *
Antiulcer? 1 *
Antiulcerogenic 1 *
Antiuremic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiuricosuric 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antivertigo 2 *
Antiviral 6 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 5 Merck 11th Edition