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Common Names
Lentil
How this plant is used
Food
| 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 | not available | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | not available | 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 | not available | not available | not available | 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) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Myorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| NADH-Ubiquinone-Oxidoreductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Natriuretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 |