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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| 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 |