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Plant Lens culinaris (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Lentil
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
THREONINE 4 Sprout Seedling 3280.0 10935.0 -0.38 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TOCOPHEROL 93 Seed not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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 not available 2.5 not available 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 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Sprout Seedling 650000.0 700000.0 -1.08 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WYERONE 3 Plant 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.
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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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
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Flatugenic 1 Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
Flatulent 1 Duke, 1992 *
FLavor 6 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 7 Martindale's 29th
Fungistat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gastroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Goitrogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hematopoietic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hepatoprotective 6 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 1 Angewandte Botanik 68(5/6)=1994. Page 195.
Histidine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperglycemic 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.