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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
(+)-GAMMA-HYDROXY-L-HOMOARGININE 0 Seed Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ALANINE 3 Seed 11720.0 13200.0 0.65 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALANINE 3 Sprout Seedling 3560.0 11865.0 -0.50 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
AMYLASE 1 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ARGININE 14 Seed 21680.0 24400.0 -0.01 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARGININE 14 Sprout Seedling 6110.0 20365.0 -0.79 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 42.0 70.0 -0.30 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Sprout Seedling 148.0 605.0 -0.60 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASH 0 Seed 21000.0 30875.0 -0.51 *
ASH 0 Sprout Seedling 9250.0 35833.0 -0.75 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASPARAGIN 0 Sprout Seedling ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 31020.0 34900.0 1.09 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Sprout Seedling 14330.0 47765.0 -0.96 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 16.0 0.57 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Sprout Seedling 0.3 1.0 -0.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BIOTIN 4 Seed 132.0 0.06 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CALCIUM 28 Seed 386.0 604.0 -0.65 *
CALCIUM 28 Sprout Seedling 244.0 853.0 -0.57 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 597000.0 642800.0 0.47 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Sprout Seedling 221400.0 -1.96 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Myorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NADH-Ubiquinone-Oxidoreductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Natriuretic 1 *
Nematicide 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective 1 *
Neurotoxic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 *
NO-Genic 1 *
NO-Inhibitor 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 3 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
P21-Inducer 1 *
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Parasympathomimetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Percutaneostimulant 2 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 3 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry