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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Linum usitatissimum (Linaceae)

Common Names
Flax; Linseed
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
CHOLINE 20 Seed 910.0 1180.0 -0.46 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CHROMIUM 24 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CHRYSANTHEMIN 0 Flower *
CIS-12-OXOPHYTODIENOIC-ACID 0 Seed *
CIS-LINOLEIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Seed 4.3 *
COBALT 2 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
COLININ 0 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CONIFERYL-ALDEHYDE 5 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COPPER 12 Seed 17.0 23.0 0.74 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
CYANIDIN 7 Flower Abstract (See species file)
CYANIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Cotyledon *
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSYL-RUTINOSIDE 0 Flower *
CYANIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSYL-RUTINOSIDE 0 Flower *
CYANIDIN-3-TRIGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower *
CYANOGENIC-GLYCOSIDES 0 Seed 3310.0 8350.0 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
CYCLOARTENOL 7 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CYCLOLINOPEPTIDE 0 Seed *
CYCLOLINOPEPTIDE-A 0 Seed Oil *
CYCLOLINOPEPTIDE-B 0 Seed 2.0 *
CYSTEINE 13 Seed 0.1 -1.10 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anemiagenic 1 *
Angiogenic 1 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 *
Anorexic 2 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 *
AntiADD 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiAddisonian 1 *
Antiadenomic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadrenalinic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaflatoxin 1 *
AntiAGE 1 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
Antiaggregant 8 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antiaging 4 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 5 *
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th