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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PYRIDOXINE 43 Seed 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 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Sprout Seedling 1.0 5.0 -0.98 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SALICYLATES 7 Seed 0.0 -0.34 *
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 *
SODIUM 1 Sprout Seedling 56.0 545.0 -0.50 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SOYASAPONIN-I 0 Seed 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 *
STARCH 5 Seed 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 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 *
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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Catechol-O-Methyltransferase-Inhibitor 1 *
Cerebroprotective 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Cerebrotonic 1 *
Chemopreventive 2 *
Cholagogue 1 Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991.
Choleretic 5 Fitoterapia No.5-1986.
Cholesterolytic 1 *
Cholinergic 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.
Circulatory-Stimulant 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Circulotonic 2 *
CNS-Depressant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic 2 *
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic 1 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 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
Coronary-Dilator 1 *