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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Anticlaudificant? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Anticlimacteric | 4 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| Anticoeliac | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anticold | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticonvulsant | 3 | Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp. |
| Anticoronary | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCrohn's | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiCTS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCVS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticystinuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidandruff | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antidecubitic | 4 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antideliriant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidementia | 8 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidepressant | 9 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidepressant? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidermatitic | 6 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antidiabetic | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiabetic? | 2 | Martindale's 29th |