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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
CHLORINE 7 Seed not available 636.0 0.57 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CHOLINE 20 Seed not available 2230.0 0.52 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
COPPER 12 Seed 8.0 9.0 -0.53 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
COPPER 12 Sprout Seedling 3.3 12.0 -0.37 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CYSTINE 2 Seed 3680.0 4145.0 0.69 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CYSTINE 2 Sprout Seedling not available 3340.0 -0.06 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
DAIDZEIN 32 Seed not available 5.2 -0.52 Kaufman,PB,Duke,JA,Brielmann,H,Boik,J and Hoyt,JE. 1997. A Comparative Survey of Leguminous Plants as Sources of the Isoflavones Genistein and Daidzein: Implications For Human Nutrition and Health. Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine 3(1):7-12
ESCULIN 29 Seed not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FAT 0 Seed 7000.0 11800.0 -1.34 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Sprout Seedling 5200.0 19335.0 -0.71 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
FIBER 15 Seed 49000.0 61675.0 -0.58 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FIBER 15 Sprout Seedling 21900.0 106333.0 -0.10 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FOLACIN 15 Seed not available 1.1 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN 15 Sprout Seedling 1.0 4.0 -0.74 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
FOLIC-ACID 23 Seed not available 1070.0 2.83 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GADOLEIC-ACID 0 Seed 40.0 45.0 -0.73 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GENISTEIN 81 Seed not available 25.0 -0.30 Kaufman,PB,Duke,JA,Brielmann,H,Boik,J and Hoyt,JE. 1997. A Comparative Survey of Leguminous Plants as Sources of the Isoflavones Genistein and Daidzein: Implications For Human Nutrition and Health. Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine 3(1):7-12
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 43500.0 49000.0 0.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Sprout Seedling 12580.0 41935.0 0.25 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypertensive 2 Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
Hyperthyroid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypnotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 12 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 9 Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 7 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 8 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
Insectifuge 5 Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 2 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
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *